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Sonai (Pron:/'sə(ʊ)'nʌɪ/সোনাই) is a town in the Cachar district in the Indian state of
Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...
. 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 The Tuirial is a river of Mizoram and Assam, northeastern India. It is also known as River Sonai, a tributary of Barak River. It flows in a northerly direction towards Cachar district and joins the Barak River at Dungripar Village near Sonai tow ...
flows through the town of Sonai joining with
Barak River The Barak River flows through the states of Manipur, Nagaland, Mizoram and Assam in India. Further it enters Bangladesh where it bifurcates into the Surma river and the Kushiyara river which converges again to become the Meghna river before for ...
near Dungripar Village of Sonai. The Chandragiri Park and an Archeological site, a temple of
Kachari Kingdom The Dimasa Kingdom (also Kachari kingdom) was a late medieval/early modern kingdom in Assam, Northeast India ruled by Dimasa kings. The Dimasa kingdom and others (Kamata, Chutiya) that developed in the wake of the Kamarupa kingdom were examp ...
at Shivtilla (Changutilla) near Madhab Chandra Das College (MCD College) is a famous place to visit.


Geography

It is located 18.5 km from District Headquarters
Silchar Silchar is a city and the headquarters of the Cachar district of the state of Assam, India. It is located south east of Guwahati. It was founded by Captain Thomas Fisher in 1832 when he shifted the headquarters of Cachar to Janiganj in Silchar. ...
.


Demographics

As per the
2011 census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...
, 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%.


Division

There is one Revenue Circle containing 203 Revenue Villages and three Development Blocks: Sonai Development Block, Narsingpur Development Block and Palonghat Development Block.


Education

The institution of
Barak Valley The Barak Valley is located in the southern region of the Indian state of Assam. The region is named after the Barak river. The Barak valley consists of three administrative districts of Assam - namely Cachar, Karimganj, and Hailakandi. The ...
like
National Institute of Technology, Silchar National Institute Of Technology Silchar (NIT Silchar or NITS) is one of the 31 NITs of India and was established in 1967 as a Regional Engineering College in Silchar. In 2002, it was upgraded to the status of National Institute of Technology and ...
,
Assam University Assam University is a collegiate central public university located at Silchar, Assam, India. It was founded in the year 1994 by the provisions of an act enacted by the Parliament of India. The Governor of Assam is the Chief Rector and the ...
,
Silchar Silchar is a city and the headquarters of the Cachar district of the state of Assam, India. It is located south east of Guwahati. It was founded by Captain Thomas Fisher in 1832 when he shifted the headquarters of Cachar to Janiganj in Silchar. ...
Campus, and
Silchar Medical College and Hospital Silchar Medical College and Hospital (SMCH), established in 1968, is a government-run medical college cum hospital located in Silchar in southern Assam, one of the oldest medical college of North East India. It is the only referral hospital in ...
falls under
Sonai (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Sonai Assembly constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam a north east state of India. Sonai is also part of Silchar Lok Sabha constituency. Overview As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No.10 Sonai Assembly co ...
. File:NIT Silchar Guest House.jpg,
National Institute of Technology, Silchar National Institute Of Technology Silchar (NIT Silchar or NITS) is one of the 31 NITs of India and was established in 1967 as a Regional Engineering College in Silchar. In 2002, it was upgraded to the status of National Institute of Technology and ...
File:Entrance To SMCH.jpg, Silchar Medical College


Colleges

* Madhab Chandra Das College *
Janata College Janata College, established in 1964, is a general degree college situated at Kabuganj, in Cachar district, Assam. This college is affiliated with the Assam University Assam University is a collegiate central public university located at ...
, Kabuganj, Sonai *Presidency Junior College * Horizon Junior College * A P J Abdulkalam Junior College * Sonai Junior College * Kabuganj Junior College * Barak Horizon Junior College


Schools

Government/Provisionalised Schools * Sonai Nitya Gopal Higher Secondary School *
Moinul Hoque Choudhury Moinul Hoque Choudhury (13 May 1923 – 13 February 1976) was an Indian politician from Assam. A five-time MLA; he was the Minister of Commerce and Industrial Development during Indira Gandhi regime in 1971. He is also known as the Industrial Ref ...
Higher Secondary School * Sonai Senior Madrassa * Ram Dulal Roy Higher Secondary school * Satkarakandi High School * East Kazidhar High School * Sonai Jubati Singha Manipuri High School * Abid Raja M E school * Sonai Madya Banga School * Bagpur High School * Sonai M E School * Swadhin Bazar High School * Amtola M E School * Monohar Ali High School * 182 No. Sonai Model Primary School * Sonai MV School Private Schools * Holy Light English School * Sonai Adarsha Vidya Niketan * Gyan Kamal Vidyalaya * Iqra Academy * Swadeshi Vidyalaya * Gyan Vikash School * Woodland English School * Pally Unnoyon Vidyalaya * A.K. Azad and F.A. Memorial School * New Millennium English School * Brighter English School * Bidya Bawan * Sonai Vidya Bhavan * Sona Vidya Peet * Sonai Navajyoti Gyanpith


Transport


Air Port

Kumbhirgram - Silchar Airport IATA Code: IXS IATA Code: IXS Address: Silchar Airport, Kumbhirgram Airport Road, Silchar – 788109, Assam


Rail

No railway stations are nearby. However,
Silchar Railway Station Silchar railway station is a railway station situated at Tarapur, Silchar in Assam. The railway station falls under the jurisdiction of the Northeast Frontier Railway zone of the Indian Railways. The railway gauge functioned here is broad gau ...
is 20 kilometers away.


Road

The national highway NH 306 passes through the town and connects to
Mizoram Mizoram () is a state in Northeast India, with Aizawl as its seat of government and capital city. The name of the state is derived from "Mizo people, Mizo", the endonym, self-described name of the native inhabitants, and "Ram", which in the Mizo ...
State and Sonai Road.


Politics

Sonai is part of
Silchar Lok Sabha constituency Silchar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam state in north-eastern India. From 1951 to 1971, the area under it was referred as Cachar constituency. The constituency covers the entirety of Cachar district in th ...
. It is also a part of
Sonai (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Sonai Assembly constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam a north east state of India. Sonai is also part of Silchar Lok Sabha constituency. Overview As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No.10 Sonai Assembly co ...
.


Notable people

*
Moinul Hoque Choudhury Moinul Hoque Choudhury (13 May 1923 – 13 February 1976) was an Indian politician from Assam. A five-time MLA; he was the Minister of Commerce and Industrial Development during Indira Gandhi regime in 1971. He is also known as the Industrial Ref ...
, Former Minister of Industrial Development, Government of India *
Aminul Haque Laskar Aminul Haque Laskar (born 8 May 1966) is a Bharatiya Janata Party politician from Assam. He has been elected as an MLA in Assam Legislative Assembly The Assam Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Assam. ...
, Deputy Speaker of Assam Leglestive Assembly


List of MLA's of Sonai

* 1951:
Nanda Kishore Sinha Nanda may refer to: Indian history and religion * Nanda Empire, ruled by the Nanda dynasty, an Indian royal dynasty ruling Magadha in the 4th century BCE ** Mahapadma Nanda, first Emperor of the Nanda Empire ** Dhana Nanda (died c. 321 BCE), last ...
,
Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...
* 1957:
Nanda Kishore Sinha Nanda may refer to: Indian history and religion * Nanda Empire, ruled by the Nanda dynasty, an Indian royal dynasty ruling Magadha in the 4th century BCE ** Mahapadma Nanda, first Emperor of the Nanda Empire ** Dhana Nanda (died c. 321 BCE), last ...
,
Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...
* 1962: Pulakeshi Singh,
Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...
* 1967: M. M. Choudhury,
Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...
* 1972: Nurul Haque Choudhury,
Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...
* 1978: Altaf Hossain Mazumdar,
Janata Party The Janata Party ( JP, lit. ''People's Party'') was a political party that was founded as an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the Emergency that was imposed between 1975 and 1977 by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of the Indian Nati ...
* 1980: Nurul Haque Choudhury,
Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...
* 1985: Abdul Rob Laskar,
Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...
* 1991: Badrinarayan Singh,
Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...
* 1996:
Anwar Hussain Laskar Anwar Hussain Laskar (28 December 1964 – 18 July 2022), also known as Rana Bhai, was an Indian politician. He was a member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2006, elected from Sonai. He was a member of Asom Gana Parishad Asom ...
,
Asom Gana Parishad Asom Gana Parishad (translation: ''Assam People's Council'', AGP) is a state political party in Assam, India. The AGP was formed after the historic Assam Accord of 1985 and formally launched at the Golaghat Convention held from 13–14 Octobe ...
* 2001:
Anwar Hussain Laskar Anwar Hussain Laskar (28 December 1964 – 18 July 2022), also known as Rana Bhai, was an Indian politician. He was a member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2006, elected from Sonai. He was a member of Asom Gana Parishad Asom ...
,
Samajwadi Party The Samajwadi Party ( SP; translation: ''Socialist Party'', founded 4 October 1992) is a Socialism, socialist political party in India, headquartered in New Delhi but mainly based in Uttar Pradesh, with significant presence in other states as w ...
* 2006: Kutub Ahmed Mazumder,
Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...
* 2011:
Anamul Haque Mohammad Anamul Haque Bijoy (born 16 December 1992) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He is a wicket-keeper and an opening right-handed batsman. He is the first player to score 1000 runs and most runs in a single List-A tournament. Early life His ho ...
,
Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...
* 2016:
Aminul Haque Laskar Aminul Haque Laskar (born 8 May 1966) is a Bharatiya Janata Party politician from Assam. He has been elected as an MLA in Assam Legislative Assembly The Assam Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Assam. ...
,
Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...
* 2021:
Karim Uddin Barbhuiya Karim Uddin Barbhuiya, also known by his daak naam Saju ( bn, সাজু), is an Indian All India United Democratic Front politician and businessman. He has been serving as a Member of Assam Legislative Assembly for Sonai since 2021. Early ...
,
All India United Democratic Front The All India United Democratic Front (also known as AIUDF and ''Sarva Bharatiya Sanyukt Ganatantric Morcha'') is a political party active in the Indian state of Assam. It is the 3rd largest political party in Assam Legislative Assembly after B ...


References

Cities and towns in Cachar district {{Assam-geo-stub