Tangla is a town located in

Udalguri district Udalguri district (Pron:ˌʊdʌlˈgʊəri), also known as Odalguri, is a district in the Bodoland Territorial Region of the state of Assam in Northeastern India. Udalguri town is the headquarters of the district. Etymology The name Udalguri, deno ...

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 ...

state in

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

Demographics

, Tangla is divided into 4 wards, each with a nominated body. Tangla has a total population of 17,183, comprising 8,883 males and 8,300 females. The number of children aged 0-6 number at 1,593. The literacy rate of Tangla is 86.16%, higher than the state average of 72.19%; male literacy is 89.79% while female literacy is 82.28%.

Language

ASSAMESE is the most spoken language at 8,231 speakers, followed by BODO at 5,431, Hindi is spoken by 2,030 people and Bodo at 984.

Climate

Employment

6,229 people were engaged in work or business activity.

Economy

There are a number of tea gardens located nearby and Tangla is the nearest commercial access point for them. Before 1950, most of them were owned by British tea companies.

Governance

Tangla is a part of Mangaldai Lok Sabha Constituency. Biswajit Daimary is the present MLA from 64 No. Paneri LAC.

Transportation

The town is well connected to the rest of the state by the Mangaldai-Bhutiachang (MB Road/State Highway 4), allowing access to the National Highway 52 at

Mangaldai Mangaldai (); also spelt Mangaldoi is a small town in the Indian state of Assam. It was named after Mangaldahi, who was the daughter of the Rajah of Darrang and was married to Susenghphaa (), (also Pratap Singha), a ruler of the Ahom kingdom ...

. Trains from

Tangla railway station Tangla railway station is a railway station located at Tangla in Udalguri district of Assam, India. It is about from the state capital Guwahati. The station has daily trains to Kamakhya, New Jalpaiguri, , Rangiya and Naharlagun Naharlagun ...

travel to

Kamakhya Kamakhya, a mother goddess, is a Shakta Tantric deity; considered to be the embodiment of ''Kama (desire)'', she is regarded as the goddess of sex. Her abodeKamakhya Temple is located in the Kamarupa region of Assam, India."Seated on top of ...

New Jalpaiguri New Jalpaiguri Junction railway station (station code NJP) established in 1960, is an A1 category broad gauge and narrow-gauge railway station under Katihar railway division of Northeast Frontier Railway zone. It is the largest as well as the ...

, Dekargaon,

Rangiya Rangia is a city and a municipal board in Kamrup rural district in the Indian state of Assam. It is the regional divisional headquarters of the Northeast Frontier Railway. It is situated 52 kilometres away from the state headquarters Dispur Guwa ...

and

Naharlagun Naharlagun is a town situated in the foothills of Himalayas in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. It falls and is administered as a part of Itanagar Capital Complex. Geography It is at an altitude of 155 metres from sea level. Surrounded ...

. There are also buses going to the rest of the state. * *

Educational Institutions

Tangla is among the top educational hubs of lower Assam, delivering positions in

HSLC A secondary school leaving qualification is a document signifying that the holder has fulfilled any secondary education requirements of their locality, often including the passage of a final qualification examination. For each leaving certifica ...

and ASHEC.Assam: Tangla-based National Pioneer Junior College students shine in HS examinatio

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Healthcare

"Tangla CHC Kalaguru Bishnu Rabha Thirty Bedded Govt Hospital" is the nearest hospital of the town. A government run veterinary hospital is also located nearby.

Notable People

Arupa Kalita Patangia Arupa Kalita Patangia was born in 1956 and is an Indian novelist and short story writer and known for her fiction writing in Assamese. Her literary awards include: the Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad award, the Katha Prize and the Prabina Saikia Awar ...

Pabitra Rabha Pabitra Rabha (born 31 January 1976) is an Indian actor, who works in Assamese, Hindi, Bangla and English language films. Early life Pabitra Rabha was born on 31 January 1976 in Tangla, Udalguri district of Assam Assam (; ) is a stat ...

References

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External links

* https://bodopress.com * https://bodonews.info * http://www.udalguri.gov.in * http://www.tanglatc.org.in * https://nenow.in/north-east-news/swacch-survekhsan-2019-assams-tangla-town-bags-swachh-city-award.html Cities and towns in Udalguri district