Basugaon | |
Native Name Lang: | as |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | India Assam#India |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Assam, India |
Coordinates: | 26.47°N 90.4°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Assam |
Subdivision Name2: | Chirang |
Governing Body: | Basugaon Municipal Board |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Elevation M: | 47 |
Population Total: | 27350 |
Population As Of: | 2019 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 783372 |
Registration Plate: | AS-26 (Chirang) AS-19 (Bongaigaon) |
Demographics1 Info1: | English, Assamese |
Basugaon (IPA:ˈbɑːsʊˌgɑ̃ʊ) is a Town in Chirang District of Assam, India. It is an industrial town and a Municipal Board area. It is a neighbourhood of Bongaigaon UA, and it is situated approximately 180 km from Guwahati City in the western part of the Lower Assam Region. The name of this town is derived from its high bamboo plantation and bamboo market basically "basu" or "bash" means bamboo and "gaon" means village that is Basugaon, 'The village of bamboo'.
There are a good number of schools, but those providing secondary education are few.Renowned among them are:
Basugaon falls under the Northeast Frontier Railway zone of the Indian Railways. There are two stations in Chirang District – Basugaon and Bijni. Basugaon Station is the nearest station for New Bongaigaon Jn. is considered to be the Adarsh Station of India (a railway flyover is under construction).
National Highway 31 connects Basugaon with the states Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal. National Highway 37 from Goalpara in Assam to Dimapur in Nagaland traverses the entire length of Assam and connects Basugaon with almost all the major cities of Assam including the cities of Jorhat and Dibrugarh. National Highway 31C connects Basugaon to Guwahati and National Highway 37 also connects Basugaon with Guwahati.