Basugaon
Basugaon is a neighbourhood of Bongaigaon UA and it falls under the Chirang District of Assam, India. 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'.
Popular temples
- Raja Thakur Mandir
- Sri Basudev Gauriya Math, Basugaon
- Kali Bari, chalk bazar
- Govinda Bari
- Ram Krishna Ashram
- Shiv Bari
- Pagla Bastav, Bijoygaon
- Basugaon Shasan Kali Mandir
- Durga Bari
- Satsang Kendra, Basugaon, Rajacharang
- Basugaon Bhutiapara Shive Mandir, Basugaon
- Khatal Para Shri Shri Kali mandir
Education
Schools
There are a good number of schools, but those providing secondary education are few.Renowned among them are:
- Basugaon Higher Secondary School
- Netaji Subhas Vidyaniketan Higher Secondary School, Basugaon
- Raja Ajit Narayan Dev Girls' High School, Goglapara, Basugaon
- St. Xaviers Residential School, Nichinapara, Basugaon
- St. Francis Convent High School, Hekaipara, Basugaon
- Vivekananda Budsland Academy, Basugaon
- Bijoygaon High School, Bijoygaon, Basugaon
- Ganpith Jatia Vidyalaya, Basugaon
- Geolang High School, Ranchaidham, Basugaon
- JNV, Kokrajhar
- Gurukul National Senior Secondary School, Basugaon
- Kidzee
- Basugaon Town J.B. School
- Rajacharang LP School
Colleges
- Basugaon college
- Basugaon Junior College
Art School
- Sangeet Shikhya & Chitrakala kendra, Basugaon, Affiliated to- Bangiya Sangeet Parishad, Hawrah
- Sarada Chitrakala Kendra, Basugaon West Goglapara ward no. 4
- Rainbow Art School, Basugaon.
- s.k. [art academy, basugaon
Transport
Rail
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.Roadways
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.- Basugaon-Kashikotra Road
- Basugaon-Kokrajhar Road
- Basugaon-Bongaigaon Road
- Basugaon-Talguri Road
Demographics
Localities in Basugaon
- Subhas Nagar
- Chok Bazar
- Goglapara
- BHUTIAPARA
- Ram Krishna Ashram Road
- Garu bazar
- Nichinapara
- Nehalgaon
- sishumagal
- Ranchaidam
- Bijoygaon
- Basugaon main road
- Basugaon Champa
- Basuagon RAILWAY STATION ROAD
- Basugaon town committee road
- Basugaon college road
- Vivekananda pally
- Basugaon College Road
- Basugaon Chariali
- Rajacharang
- East Khatal Para
- West Khatal Para
- Ulubari