Sonitpur

Sonitpur district covers the total geographical area of 5324 sq. km. and is located on the north bank of river Brahmaputra. The district is bounded by Arunachal Pradesh on the north, the districts of Jorhat, Nagaon, Morigaon, and Golaghat on the South, Darrang District on the West, and Lakhimpur District on the East. The District is geographically located between 26° 30'North and 27° 01'North latitude and between 92° 16'East and 93° 43'East longitude.

As per 2001 Census, the total population of Sonitpur District is 16,77,874, comprising of 8,64,125 males and 8,13,749 females. Sonitpur ranks the second in Assam in terms of area after Karbi Anglong district, while the third most populous state of Assam after Kamrup and Nagaon districts. Assamese language is spoken by the majority of the people and other languages that are also spoken in the region are Bodo, Nepali, Bengali and Hindi. Many rivers like Pachnai, Ghiladhari, Belsiri, Kharoi, Balijan, Morno, Gabharu etc. that originate from Himalayan foothills flow through the various sub divisions of the district. Tezpur is district head quarters of Sonitpur district.

Sonitpur district with its natural beauty and ancient monuments has wide scope in tourism industry. One of the important destinations of the district is Tezpur. Popular tourist places in Tezpur Town are:

    * Agnigarh
    * Trimurty Udyan
    * Padum Pukhuri
    * Chitralekha Udyan (Cole Park)
    * District Museum at Dak Bungalow
    * Ouguri hill
    * Bamuni Hills
    * Haleswar
    * Da Parbatia
    * Mahabhairab Temple
    * Rudrapada Temple
    * The Hazara Pukhuri

 Assam-district-map


 Barpeta      Bongaigaon     Cachar

Darrang      Dhemaji        Dhuburi

Dibrugarh    Goalpara      Golaghat

Hailakandi    Jorhat        Kamrup

Karbianglong   Karimganj    Kokrajhar

Lakhimpur     Marigaon      Nagaon

Nalbari       Northcacharhills    Sibsagar

Sonitpur     Tinsukia


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