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Jorabat
Jorbad(Khasi)
Village and Suburb
Country India
StateAssam
DistrictKamrup Metropolitan
StateMeghalaya
DistrictRi-Bhoi
Languages
 • OfficialEnglish
 • OfficialAssamese
 • OfficialKhasi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
781023
Vehicle registrationAS- 01
Coastline0 kilometres (0 mi)

Jorabat is a village in both Ri-Bhoi district, Meghalaya, India and Kamrup Metropolitan district, Assam, India. With greater parts in Kamrup Metropolitan district of Assam in the Northeastern part of India.[1] The main attraction of this place is that it is a place where we may find people of all communities of India living in harmony and peace which is hard to find in the rest of North east India, A majority of the people living in Jorabat are businessmen. The Nepalese and Bihari constitute a majority in the Area whereas Assamese, Khasi, Bengali, Punjabi, and Muslims constitute a minority.

Geography

It is located very near to the city of Guwahati, Assam in Kamrup Metropolitan district.[2]

Location

National Highway 40 links Jorabat to Jowai via Shillong.[3] National Highway 37 passes through Jorabat and connects parts of upper Assam with Guwahati city.[4] Jorabat is divided into two parts former is in Meghalaya and latter is in Assam [5].

Famous Personalities of Jorabat

  • Pratap Das - An Influential and Intellectual Student of Jorabat and also a social activist.
  • Kundan S. Marak- A student cum young entrepreneur and social activist.
  • Shivaji Pandit Jaiswal- A leading industrialist of North East India.
  • Ganesh Sharma- A director of the JDB group and an industrialist
  • Sdr.Tarsem Singh- A motivational Businessman, social activist, Singer, Patriot, and business union leader of Jorabat's Businessmen.
  • Mr. Mintu Das- A businessman and social activist
  • Mr. Mukutananda Das- A veteran of Jorabat and the chairperson of the business union of Jorabat's Businessmen.

References

  1. ^ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jorabat/556747121105560
  2. ^ http://www.distancesbetween.com/distance-between/distance-from-guwahati-to-jorabat/44032/r3/
  3. ^ http://www.indiamapped.com/highways-in-india/national-highway-40/
  4. ^ http://www.indiamapped.com/highways-in-india/national-highway-37/
  5. ^ http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120610/jsp/frontpage/story_15591752.jsp#.VLjDz9KUdZ8


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