| Kokrajhar | |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | India Assam#India |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Assam, India |
| Coordinates: | 26.4°N 90.27°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Name1: | Assam |
| Subdivision Type2: | Territorial Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Bodoland |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Kokrajhar |
| Parts Type: | Divisions |
| Parts: | 10 wards |
| Government Type: | Municipal Board |
| Governing Body: | Kokrajhar Municipality Board |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Elevation M: | 38 |
| Population Total: | 34,136 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Bodo[1] |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 783370 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Area Code: | 03661 |
| Registration Plate: | AS-16 |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Sex ratio |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | 52:50 ♂/♀ |
| Blank Name Sec2: | Literacy |
| Blank Info Sec2: | 89.96% |
Kokrajhar (pronounced as /ˌkɒkrəˈʤɑ:/) is a town in the Bodoland Territorial Region, an autonomous territory in Assam, one of the North Eastern states of India.[2] [3] [4]
Kokrajhar town is located along the bank of the river Gaurang. The North East Indian Railways divides the city into two divisions, north and the south Kokrajhar. Kokrajhar town is the headquarters of Kokrajhar district and the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC).
Kokrajhar is made of two words: Kok and rajhar. Kok means Koch, rajhar means King; Kokrajhar means Koch-King.
From early 17th-century present-day Kokrajhar district was under the control of Kingdom of Bhutan,[5] till the Duar Wars in 1865 when British removed the Bhutanese influence and later the areas were merged to undivided Goalpara district of the Indian Union in 1949.
Kokrajhar is located at .[6] It has an average elevation of 38 metres (124 feet).
Indian census,[7] Kokrajhar had a population of 31,152. Males constitute 52% of the population and females constitute 48% of the population. Kokrajhar has an average literacy rate of 79%, higher than the national average of 71%: male literacy is 84%, and female literacy is 74%. In Kokrajhar, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age. The district has 3 sub divisions Kokrajhar, Gossaigaon and Parbotjhora.
Bengali is the most spoken language at 18,130 speakers, followed by Bodo at 8,549, Assamese is spoken by 2,752 people and Hindi at 4,024.
Rupsi Airport is situated west from Kokrajhar town.
Kokrajhar is served by the government owned Assam State Transport Corporation, Bodoland Transport Services and many private bus operators.
The Kokrajhar railway station lies on the New Jalpaiguri–New Bongaigaon section of Barauni–Guwahati line under the Northeast Frontier Railway with services to important cities of the country like Guwahati, Kolkata, New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai etc.
Important trains like Rajdhani Express, Kamrup Express, Brahmaputra Mail, North East Express, Vivek Express, Garib Rath Express, Avadh Assam Express etc. have their stoppage at Kokrajhar railway station.
The town has many schools and colleges with English being the sole medium of instruction in higher education. All the colleges under the jurisdiction of Bodoland Territorial Council is affiliated under Bodoland University since 2017.
Kokrajhar consists of three assembly constituencies: Kokrajhar East, Kokrajhar West and Gossaigaon, which all are part of Kokrajhar (Lok Sabha constituency).[8]