Bokajan
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| Coordinates | 26°01′N 93°47′E / 26.02°N 93.78°ECoordinates: 26°01′N 93°47′E / 26.02°N 93.78°E |
| Country | India |
| State | Assam |
| District(s) | Karbi Anglong |
| LOCAL M.P. | SHRI BIREN SINGH ENGTI |
| Population | 14,938 (2001[update]) |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
| Area |
• 138 metres (453 ft) |
Bokajan (Assamese: বোকাজান) is a town and a town area committee in Karbi Anglong district in the state of Assam, India.
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[edit] Geography
Bokajan is located at 26°01′N 93°47′E / 26.02°N 93.78°E.[1] It has an average elevation of 138 metres (452 feet).
[edit] Demographics
As of 2001[update] India census,[2] Bokajan had a population of 14,938. Males constitute 56% of the population and females 44%. Bokajan has an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 80% and female literacy of 68%. 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
[edit] Education
Some of the major school in the Town are :
- 1.Shantiniketan English High School, sarihajan.
- 2.Kendriya Vidyalaya, Bokajan (Project C.C.I Bokajan)
- 3.Jin Baba Hindi High School
- 4.Vidya Sagar mission higher sec. school
- 5.Bokajan Higher secondary School
- 6.Sukhani English Medium School, Bokajan
- 7.R.G.High School,Bokajan
- 8. King David School, Khatkhati
SHANTINIKETAN ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL This is a private school that was established in the year 2007. The Founder Principal and managing Director is Mr. Indra Kumar Bhujel, a Bsc(maths Hons.), M.A. in English. The school is based on the ideology of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore cultavating value education amongs the students. this is the only school in Karbi Anglong that has got published it school magazine in SENTINEL news paper as " JUNIOR SENTINEL" and also awarded the third place in the all Assam Magazine competition.Also, SHANTINIKETAN is the proud participent in the INTER ACTIVE SESSION with honourable His Excellency Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam and got personally appriation by him.Many of the students has been send for All India educative Tour,Paricipated in Science Based programme conduct by Science Congress and ARYABHATTA SCIENCE CENTRE, GUWAHATI.This is an emerging education institution that shows a good sign in the field of education in Bokajan. The school is the only private school that run CCE fully bassed on CBSE patterns.
KV(CCI):This is the second school based on CBSE pattern and run under the CCI project. One more CBSE school is located at KHATKHATI. This is one of the primear institution in Bokajan that has produces many talented students.
JIN BABA HINDI HIGH SCHOOL: this school is located at the centre of the town. The only Hindi medium school and also one of the oldest school in Bokajan. This a Govt. affiliated and provinselished school.
KING DAVID SCHOOL: This is an English school which was established in 1985 and is located in Khatkhati.
[edit] Politics
Bokajan is part of Autonomous District (Lok Sabha constituency).[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Bokajan
- ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
- ^ "List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies". Assam. Election Commission of India. http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S03/AS_ACPC.pdf. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
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