This division was organised on both banks of the Kalang river by Momai Tamuli Borbarua in 1611 during the reign of Pratap Singha. Its settlement was completed during the reign of Gadadhar Singha. Nagaon was under the administration of the Borphukan. From Nagaon 1,310 soldiers took part in the Kachari invasion of Swargadeo Rudra Singha in 1707.[1]
Geography
The Kolong River, a tributary of the Brahmaputra River, flows through Nagaon and in the process divides the city into two distinct regions: Nagaon and Haibargaon.[2]
There are several beels, marshy areas and swamps in the district, including the regions of Marikalong, Potakalong, Haribhanga, Jongalbalahu, Samaguri Beel, Gatanga Beel[3] Urigadang and Nawbhanga. These wetlands are former channels of the Kolong and Kopili rivers.
Climate
Nagaon has been ranked 25th best “National Clean Air City” under (Category 3 population under 3 lakhs cities) in India.[4]
Transport
Road
There is very good availability of buses playing from Guwahati, Jorhat and Tezpur to Nagaon, There is flexibility of timings. Plenty of government and private buses travel between Guwahati and Nagaon. The district lies about 120 km east of Guwahati with an average travel time of 2 hours. Nagaon is about 190 km from Jorhat and 75 km from Tezpur. Taxies are available for hire from all major destinations to Nagaon.[5]
Railway
There are two railway stations in Nagaon town, one at Haibargaon (Dhing gate) and another at Nagaon. The nearest railway junction is at Chaparmukh, which is around 28 km from Nagaon.
As of 2011[update] India census,[7] Nagaon [8][9] city had a population of 155,889 making it one of the largest cities of Assam. The population is largely of heterogeneous nature. Indigenous Assamese communities along with tribal communities like Karbi, Tiwa (Lalung) are the natives of the city. Assamese is spoken by 70,039 people, Bengali is spoken by 33,978, Hindi is spoken by 15,926 people and 35,946 speaks others languages.[6]
The Nowgong Mission High School, established by Miles Bronson in 1846 is one of the oldest school in Assam. It also has the third oldest government school in Assam, the Nowgong Government Boys' Higher Secondary School, established in 1865. Another old school is the Dawson Higher Secondary & Multipurpose School.
Prominent English Medium Schools:
Front view of the main entrance of Nowgong Mission High School, the oldest school of Assam
Kendriya Vidyalaya, Nagaon
Christ Jyoti School
Nowgong Mission High School
St. Ignatius Loyola English Medium High School
St. Antony's High School
Little Flower School
Model English School
Nagaon English Academy
Sandipani Vidyamandir
St. Boniface High School
Riverdale School
School having both English and Assamese medium
Ramanujan Secondary School
Other Schools of Repute:
Shankardev Shishu Niketan, Nagaon
National Academy Nagaon
Nowgong Government Boys' Higher Secondary School
Nowgong Government Girls' Higher Secondary School
Nagaon Bengali Boys' Higher Secondary School
Nagaon Bengali Girls' Higher Secondary School
Government Urban Basic School
Dawson Higher Secondary and Multipurpose School
Om Prakash Jajodia Girls' Hindi High School
Marwari Hindi high School
Nabarup Jatiya Vidyapith
Navaroop jatiya vidyapith
Haibargaon Adarsha High School
Colleges
At present, there are about 25 colleges, of which probably the most renowned are
Besides these there are a number of junior colleges that have sprung up in Nagaon. As such many students from the neighboring districts also come to study in these colleges. Some of these are
Geetanjali Junior College (regarded as the best college for Commerce Department)
Renaissance Junior College
Alpha Beta College (Jr.)
Kalong-Kapili Vidyapith Junior College
Kalongpar Vidyapith Junior College
Bharali's Academy Junior College
Nagaon Junior College
Srimanta Sankardev Junior College
Madhabdev Junior College
Dronacharya Junior College
Chanakya Junior College
Matrix Junior College
Dimension Junior College
Gyanpith Junior College
CV Raman Junior College
Dr. S.R.K. Junior College
Anandaram Baruah Junior College
Kamala Kanta Barua Junior College
Nonoi Junior college
Abhigyan Junior college
Daswani Classes (Domain Academy)
Gurukul Global Academy, Nagaon.
Assam Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital
The Assam Homeopathic College is situated in Haibargaon, Nagaon. The institute was established in the year 1968. It is the first homeopathic medical college of the entire North East India.
Nowgong Polytechnic
Nowgong Polytechnic
Nagaon is also home to Nowgong Polytechnic, one of the oldest technical education institutes in Assam.
Nagaon also has an ITI at Panigaon.
The College of Fisheries
The College of Fisheries, the only college of its kind in the entire northeastern India, is located in Raha and comes under the academic management of Assam Agricultural University in Jorhat.
The multipurpose Nurul Amin Stadium of Nagaon is named after the sportsperson late Nurul Amin. It hosts the famous Independence Day Cupfootball tournament every year wherein most of the teams of national repute participate. Other sports like cricket, hockey, kabaddi etc. are also played in this stadium, and sports training programs are also held here.
Hima Das who is an Indian sprinter and the first Indian athlete to win a gold medal in a track event at the IAAF World U20 Championships was born in Dhing, a town in Nagaon.
^District Website, Nagaon (22 April 2022). "Nagaon -Location, Access". Nagaon District Website. Archived from the original on 5 November 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
^Nagaon, District Website (22 April 2022). "Nagaon District at a Glance". District Website. Archived from the original on 5 November 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
