Bongaigaon Refinery Township

Bongaigaon Refinery Township
BGR Township
Township
Assam Bongaigaon district
Bongaigaon Refinery Township

Location in Assam, India

Coordinates: 26°30′20″N 90°31′15″E / 26.505493°N 90.520827°E / 26.505493; 90.520827Coordinates: 26°30′20″N 90°31′15″E / 26.505493°N 90.520827°E / 26.505493; 90.520827
Country  India
State Assam
Region Western Assam
City Bongaigaon
Founded by Government of Assam
Area
  Total 3 km2 (1 sq mi)
Population
  Total 6,245
PIN 783385
Telephone code 03664

BGR Township (Bongaigaon Refinery Township) is a census town in Bongaigaon Urban Agglomeration, India. It is near the National Highway 31.

Guest Houses

Clubs

Schools

  1. BGR HS School
  2. Delhi Public School, Dhaligaon
  3. Natakachal Sangeet Mahavidyalaya

Transport

Transportation facilities for the town are the same as those of Bongaigaon City.

Train

Bongaigaon falls under the Northeast Frontier Railway zone of Indian Railways. There are two stations in Bongaigaon: New Bongaigaon railway station (2nd largest railway junction of Assam state) 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, Kamrup Express.

It is the largest station in Western Assam after Guwahati. According to 2012 budget, New Bongaigaon Jn. is considered to be the Adarsh Station of India.

Road

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 the cities of Jorhat and Dibrugarh. National Highway 31C connects Bongaigaon To Guwahati and National Highway 37 also connects Bongaigaon with Guwahati. There are many Bus Terminal like -ASTC Bongaigaon, Barpara Private, Chapaguri Bus Stand. There are many buses which connect Bongaigaon with the major cities of Assam, such as Mangaldai Dhubri, Barpeta, Tezpur, Goalpara, Kokrajhar, Siliguri, Cooch Behar and Guwahati, among others.

References

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