Jorabat

Jorabat
Jurabaat (Assamese)
Jorbad (Khasi)
Village and Suburb
Jorabat

Location in Meghalaya, India

Coordinates: 26°6′0″N 91°52′0″E / 26.10000°N 91.86667°E / 26.10000; 91.86667Coordinates: 26°6′0″N 91°52′0″E / 26.10000°N 91.86667°E / 26.10000; 91.86667
Country  India
State Assam
District Kamrup Metropolitan
State Meghalaya
District Ri-Bhoi
Languages
  Official English
  Official Assamese
  Official Khasi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 793101 or 781023
Vehicle registration ML- 10 or AS- 01
Coastline 0 kilometres (0 mi)

Jorabat is a village, suburban fringe and a junction which covers area under 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 where hostilities between various ethnic and religious group is a common scenario. 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,Garo and Muslims(by community as they identify themselves) constitute a minority.

Important and unique places in Jorabat (proper)

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]

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