Silapathar

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Field	Value
name	Silapathar
settlement_type	City
image_caption	[[File:Silapathar city.jpg
nickname	SLP
pushpin_map	India Assam#India
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Assam, India
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	India
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Assam
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_name2	Dhemaji
established_title	Silapathar Town Committee
established_date	1991
governing_body	Silapathar Municipal Board
unit_pref	Metric
population_total	35200
population_as_of	2011
population_density_km2	auto
demographics_type1	Languages
demographics1_title1	Official
demographics1_info1	Assamese
timezone1	IST
utc_offset1	+5:30
postal_code_type	PIN
postal_code	787059
area_code_type	Telephone code
area_code	+91, 03753
registration_plate	AS-22
official_name	Silapathar Town
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Silapathar is a small city and municipal board in Dhemaji district in the Indian state of Assam. The name itself derived from Mising word "Sila" means Kite and "Pothar" means rice fields as the place used be a kiting ground for native Mising people during the winters. The city is on the northern bank of the Brahmaputra River and is 470 km from the city of Guwahati and just 6 km from border of Arunachal Pradesh. The longest rail cum road bridge in India (Bogibeel bridge) connects Silapathar to Dibrugarh. Historical Malinithan Mandir is located around 10 km from Silapathar.

Silapathar is the commercial hub of Dhemaji district and Arunachal Pradesh. The place has a heady mix of indigenous communities like Mising, Chutia, Ahom, Gorkhas and Deoris.

Silapathar Buddhist Monastery (Zangdok Palri Monastery) is the second largest Buddhist Monastery in India constructed by Khen Rinpoche Tsering Dorjee under the aegis of Pema Mani Charitable Trust.

Demographics

India census, Silapathar had a population of 25662. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Silapathar has an average literacy rate of 83.25%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 87.72%, and female literacy is 78.39%. In Silapathar, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Language

|thumb = right |caption = Languages spoken in Silapathar (2011) |label1 = Assamese |value1 = 42.54 |color1 = Red |label2 = Bengali |value2 = 19.89 |color2 = Yellow |label3 = Hindi |value3 = 15.59 |color3 = orange |label4 = Mishing |value4 = 12.78 |color4 = green |label5 = Nepali |value5 = 6.12 |color5 = blue |label6 = others |value6 = 3.08 |color6 = purple}}

Bengali, Assamese and Mishing are the most spoken languages.

Transportation

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It is well connected to the state and the country through roadways, railways and airways. Mohanbari Airport which falls under the city of Dibrugarh is the nearest airport from Silapathar.

Currently NH-515 and NH-15 are connected to the city, also Bogibeel bridge connects the city with NH-37. ASTC provides bus services to nearby towns and cities. Private share taxi also connects major towns and daily night services also transport large number of passengers to West Bengal, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Guwahati. Silapathar Railway Station under Rangiya Railway Division give access to people of the city and nearby areas to state capital Guwahati. New Sissiborgaon and Silapathar railway station connects direct train to Dibrugarh Railway Station and from there one gets easy access to Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express.

Education

Schools

Silapathar Residential Higher Secondary School
Silapathar Town High School
Silapathar Town Girls High School
Don Bosco Higher Secondary School
Lord Macaulay High School
Silapathar Residential English Higher Secondary School
SFS School
Trinity Academy
Lord Macaulay School
Utopian Academy
Sun Valley Academy
Padmav Saraswati Vidya Mandir

Colleges

Silapathar College
Silapathar Town College
Silapathar Science College
Silapathar junior science college
Purbanchal College
Abutani College
Dimow Chariali College, Dimow, Silapathar

Politics

Silapathar is part of Lakhimpur (Lok Sabha constituency). Mr. Pradan Barua from BJP is the present MP from this constituency{{cite web |url = http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S03/AS_ACPC.pdf |title = List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies |accessdate = 2008-10-06 |work = Assam |publisher = Election Commission of India |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20060504181808/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S03/AS_ACPC.pdf |archivedate = 2006-05-04

References

https://www.pemamanicharitable.org.in/our-other-project/
"Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India.
"Census of India".

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