Bongaigaon

Bongaigaon is (pop: 93,650) an important town in the eastern part of Assam, India. The largest clan of Rashbongshi people in Bongaigaon district is Halua across all Rashbongshi dominated villages. The population of Rashbongshi people in Assam is 100000 people. Wiki gave wrong information about population.

By plane
The nearest airport is Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati.

By train
Bongaigaon falls under the Northeast Frontier Railway zone of the Indian Railways. There are two stations in Bongaigaon: New Bongaigaon railway station (the second-largest in Assam), and Bongaigaon (old) station. Major trains serving Bongaigaon with major cities are Guwahati Rajdhani Express, Poorvottar Sampark Kranti Express, Saraighat Express, Brahmaputra Mail, North East Express, Guwahati Bangalore Express, Guwahati Ernakulam Express, and Kamrup Express.

By car
National Highway 31 connects Bongaigaon with the states Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal. National Highway 37 via Naranarayan Setu from Goalpara in Assam to Dimapur in Nagaland traverses the entire length of Assam and connects Bongaigaon with almost all the major cities of Assam including Jorhat and Dibrugarh. National Highway 31C connects Bongaigaon to Guwahati and National Highway 37 also connects Bongaigaon with Guwahati.

By bus
There are many bus terminals like ASTC Bongaigaon, Barpara Private, Chapaguri Bus Stand. There are many buses which connect Bongaigaon with major cities of Assam like Mangaldai, Tezpur, and Guwahati.

By bus
Bus rides are the cheapest mode of transport. There are city buses which covers the whole district. Most of them operate during day time only.

By rickshaw
Auto rickshaws are good for moving around the city on a shoe-string budget.

Eat
Bongaigaon City has a lot of restaurants and bars. You can taste the local food and drinks.



Sleep
There are several low-budget and mid-range hotels around Bongaigaon.

Go next

 * Nameri National Park - 35 km from Tezpur on the Tezpur-Bhalukpong-Bomdila route to have some wildlife experience.
 * Gelephu - a town in Bhutan. Around a 90-minute drive from Bongaigaon.
 * Guwahati, - the commercial capital of Assam.
 * Golaghat - one of the oldest urban centres and administrative divisions of Assam, in existence since 1839.
 * Siliguri - a major commercial hub in West Bengal, the city sits in foothills of the Himalayas and is surrounded by tea gardens.
 * Kaziranga National Park - famous as the home of the rhinoceros.