26-583: Sonai (Pron:/'sə(ʊ)'nʌɪ) is a town in the Cachar district in the Indian state of Assam . It is also the name of a circle and block in the town. Government of Assam declared it as a municipal area on 2016 with 11 wards. The River Sonai flows through the town of Sonai joining with Barak River near Dungripar Village of Sonai. The Chandragiri Park and an Archeological site, a temple of Kachari Kingdom at Shivtilla (Changutilla) near Madhab Chandra Das College (MCD College)
52-823: A central university, the Assam University , which is situated at Dorgakuna, 18 kilometres (11 mi) from Silchar. It also has National Institute of Technology, Silchar one of the thirty NITs in India. Silchar Medical College and Hospital is also located in Silchar and is the only medical college in southern Assam. The district includes nine degree colleges. As of 2023, Cachar district includes 1,234 elementary schools and 158 secondary schools. Notable schools include: 25°05′N 92°55′E / 25.083°N 92.917°E / 25.083; 92.917 Undivided Cachar district The Undivided Cachar district
78-458: Is 20 kilometres away. The national highway NH 306 passes through the town and connects to Mizoram State and Sonai Road. Sonai is part of Silchar Lok Sabha constituency . It is also a part of Sonai (Vidhan Sabha constituency) . This article about a location in the Indian state of Assam is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Cachar district Cachar district
104-413: Is a famous place to visit. It is located 18.5 km from District Headquarters Silchar . Bengali and Meitei ( Manipuri ) are the official languages of this place. As per the 2011 census of India , Sonai had a total population of 324,315, of which 51% were male and 49% were female. Sonai has an average literacy rate of 80%, with a male literacy rate of 54% and female literacy rate of 46%. There
130-562: Is a former administrative district of Assam Province (now Assam ) that is largely congruous to the Kachari kingdom of Govinda Chandra, the last king of the kingdom before its division and annexation by the British Raj. It has been divided into the present-day districts of Cachar , Dima Hasao (formerly "North Cachar Hills") and Hailakandi . Dima Hasao is an autonomous hill district of present-day Assam. The Cachar and Hailakhandi districts are
156-504: Is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India . After independence, the pre-existing undivided Cachar district was split into four districts: Dima Hasao (formerly North Cachar Hills), Hailakandi , Karimganj , and the current Cachar district. Silchar is Cachar district's center of government. The word Cacahr is derived from the Dimasa word Kachari and traces its origin to
182-408: Is more than 3,000 millimetres (120 in). Its climate is tropical wet; the district has hot and wet summers and cool winters. According to the 2011 census , Cachar district has a population of 1,736,617. It ranks 278th out of a total of 640 districts in India. The district has a population density of 459 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,190/sq mi). Its population growth rate over
208-657: Is one Revenue Circle containing 203 Revenue Villages and three Development Blocks: Sonai Development Block, Narsingpur Development Block and Palonghat Development Block. The institution of Barak Valley like National Institute of Technology, Silchar , Assam University , Silchar Campus, and Silchar Medical College and Hospital falls under Sonai (Vidhan Sabha constituency) . Government/Provisionalised Schools Private Schools Kumbhirgram - Silchar Airport IATA Code: IXS IATA Code: IXS Address: Silchar Airport, Kumbhirgram Airport Road, Silchar – 788109, Assam No railway stations are nearby. However, Silchar Railway Station
234-581: Is one of the most important business centers of Assam. Because of its wet climate, the main crops of the district are rice and tea. The Indian government identified Cachar as one of the country's 250 most backward districts in 2006; there are 640 districts in India. It currently receives funding through the Backward Regions Grant Fund program (BRGF). There are several temples and historic sites in Silchar and Cachar. The village of Khaspur, 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Silchar, features
260-480: Is the center of government. There are seven Assam Legislative Assembly constituencies in this district: Barkhola , Dholai , Katigorah , Lakhipur , Silchar , Sonai , and Udharbond . These seven constituencies make up the Silchar Lok Sabha constituency . Dholai is designated for scheduled castes , among the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups in India. Silchar is the district headquarters and
286-593: The Chief Commissionership of Assam on 6 February 1874. In the later 19th century, southern Cachar was raided numerous times by the Lushais . After India's partition from Great Britain in 1947, the Karimganj sub-division of undivided Sylhet District became part of the Cachar district. North Cachar was separated from Cachar as Dima Hasao district in 1963, followed by Karimganj district . Hailakandi district
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#1732852119745312-617: The Kachari Kingdom . Around the year 1536, the elder prince of Dimasa Kachari, Drikpati, and a younger prince, Dakhin, had a conflict. Dakhin and his followers were driven out and built a new capital at the Barak Valley , declaring themselves as Dibrasa or the Children of the Barak River ( Di means "River", and Brasa means "Barak" ). The Dibrasa were later known as Twiprasa and formed
338-717: The Twipra Kingdom in the Barak Valley . In 1562, the Koch dynasty King Chilarai invaded and captured the Barak Valley from the Twipra Kingdom. King Chilarai gave his brother, Kamal Narayan, authority over the region. The descendants of Kamal Narayan ruled the region until the 18th century. After the fall of the Koch kingdom due to no heir, the Dimasa Kingdom took over and ruled most of
364-499: The stump-tailed macaque , the masked finfoot , and the white-winged wood duck . The sanctuary is also home to tiger , the hoolock gibbon , and the gaur . The Asian elephant is already extinct. The southern part of the district was also recommended as a Dhaleswari wildlife sanctuary but has yet to receive that status. Silchar has an airport, which is located at Kumbhirgram . It is served by regular flights from IndiGo , Air India , and SpiceJet . Broad-gauge railways connect
390-803: The undivided Cachar district . Raja Shri Krishna Chandra Dwaja Narayan Hasnu Kacharihe was the most powerful king of the Dimasa Kingdom at Khaspur. During Krishna Chandra's rule, the Manipuri king sought help against the Burmese army. Krishna Chandra defeated the Burmese in battle and was offered the Manipuri Princess Induprabha in thanks. Because Krishna Chandra was already married to Rani Chandraprabha, he asked Princess Induprabha to marry his younger brother, Govinda Chandra Hasnu. During this period, Khaspur
416-715: The Digboi Centenary Museum, the Railway Heritage Park and Museum, and the Sonitpur District Museum. Barail Wildlife Sanctuary is the only wildlife sanctuary in the district and was established in 2004. The naturalist Dr. Anwaruddin Choudhury worked to create the sanctuary in the early 1980s. Rare species in the sanctuary included the Hoolock gibbon , the phayre's leaf monkey , the pig-tailed macaque ,
442-795: The Sun Gate, Lion Gate, the king's palace, a temple, and other remains of the 17th century Kachari Kingdom . The ruins of Kachari Fort in Dimapur , Nagaland , date to the 13th century. The Baro Dwari, Bishnu Mandir, Kali Mandir, Singh Duwar, and Snan Ghar are other ancient monuments in the Cachar district. Other sites include Badarpur Fort in Badarpur , Bhubaneswar Shiva temple at Chandragiri in Sonai , Nrimata temple at Barkhola , and Siddeshwar temple in Badarpur. Silchar has several museums, including Assam State Museum ,
468-442: The decade of 2001 to 2011 was 20.17%. Cachar has a sex ratio of 958 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 80.36%. 18.17% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 15.25% and 1.01% of the population, respectively. Hinduism is the main religion in Cachar, including 59.83% of the population. Christians are mainly found in tribal communities, and represent just 2.17% of
494-552: The district to Guwahati in Assam and other parts of India including New Delhi , Kolkata and Chennai ; from here, regular train service is provided to all cities in North-East India. Roads connect the district to the rest of the country. In addition, there is regular bus service to cities in North-East India. Cachar district has several well-known educational institutions. Silchar is a major learning hub of Assam. The district has
520-553: The first Superintendent of the District. The British annexed Cachar plains on 14 August 1832. The district's headquarters moved to Dudpatil in 1833, and later to its current location of Silchar . Northern Cachar remained a separate principality but came under British occupation in 1854 after the death of Tularam; the British justified this takeover of northern Cachar because of the "misconduct of its rulers." Cachar district became part of
546-478: The north, and the Sonai River and Daleswari River from the south. The district consists primarily of plains but also includes several ranges of hills throughout the district. At times, the wetlands of the plains flood, forming lakes. The district is mostly a tropical evergreen forest , with large tracts of rainforests in the north and south of the district. The average annual rainfall of Cachar district
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#1732852119745572-641: The official languages of the Cachar district. According to the 2011 census, Bengali is spoken by 75% of the overall population. Although Bengali is the official language, the most common spoken language is Sylheti , generally grouped with Bengali as a dialect. Sylheti Bengalis are the majority ethnic community, but other ethnic groups also live in the district and speak Meitei , Bhojpuri , Bishnupuriya , Dimasa , Rongmei-Naga , Mizo , Khasi , etc. Immigrants from other parts of India are also present and are mainly Hindi speakers. The district has three sub-divisions: Silchar, Lakhipur, and Katigorah. Silchar
598-623: The total population of the region. Among the Bengalis , Hinduism and Islam religions are equally represented, although Muslims are only 37.71% of the region's total population. Sikhism arrived in Cachar after Guru Nanak 's visit to eastern India in 1508. In the early 20th century, most of the Sikhs lived in the northern part of Cachar where they worked for the Assam Bengal Railway . Languages in Cachar district (2011) Bengali and Meitei are
624-402: Was assassinated on 24 April 1840 at Haritikar. Because he died without a natural heir, his territories were annexed by the British under doctrine of lapse , adding it as the Cachar district of Assam. The British sent army officer T. Fisher to oversee the region; he established its headquarters at Cherrapunji on 30 June 1830. Fisher was both the magistrate and the collector, later becoming
650-609: Was formed from Cachar district in 1989. Cachar district occupies an area of 3,786 square kilometres (1,462 sq mi). The district is surrounded on the south by Mizoram , to the east by Manipur , to the west by Hailakandi district and Karimganj district , and to the north by the Barali and the Jayantia hill ranges. The Barak River is the main river of the district, along with its tributaries—the Jiri River and Jatinga River from
676-555: Was the capital of Cachar. The last king of Cachar was Raja Govindra Chandra Dwaja Narayana Hasnu. The British moved into Assam in 1824 during the First Anglo-Burmese War , which was then under Burmese occupation. At the time, the Cachar kingdom was ruled by two leaders—Raja Govindra Chandra Dwaja Narayana Hasnu in the southern plains, and Raja Tularam Thaosen in the North Cachar Hills ( Dima Hasao ). Raja Govinda Chandra
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