Borhat
| Borhat | |
|---|---|
| Town | |
| Country |
 India |
| State | Assam |
| District | Charaideo |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Assamese |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 785693 |
| Telephone code | 03772 |
| Nearest city | Sivasagar |
Borhat (বৰহাট) is the eastern part of the newly formed Charaideo district, Assam. It is separated from Namrup in the east by the river Disang or Dilih. In the west Sapekhati, in south Arunachal Pradesh, in north are parts of Dibrugarh district including Namrup, Assam. There is a small railway station named Borhat(BFD) which is in the central place of the region. During Ahom rule, Borhat was famous as a place for finding mineral salt. The name Borhat is originated from Bor 'বৰ' (meaning big 'ডাঙৰ' ) and hat 'হাট' (market 'বজাৰ'). T here was a market place where salt was available. Salt was considered to be very precious during Ahom rule as Assam is far from the seas and people had to use only mineral salts.
Modern day Borhat has many big tea gardens, some of them were founded by British and almost every family has small tea plantation in their orchard, thus contributing a lot to the state's tea production.
Its main educational institutes are:
- Borhat Higher Secondary School
- Borhat New High school
- Borhat Jatiya Vidyalaya
- Sankardev Shisu Niketon
- Borhat Mojolia Vidyalaya(Sokolia)
and many of Lower primary school,High school and Middle English school. There is an ITI(Industrial Training Institute) college in construction mode.
Borhat has a lot more natural beauty around its Hilly place. The Tea gardens in the hilly side is looking very beautiful.
There is a branch of SBI situated in middle of its region. It also has an AGVB (Assam Gramin Vikash Bank) branch.
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Edited by 'Diwije Senchowa(দিৱিজ শেনচোৱা)