Jorabat

Jorabat Jorabat (Kamrupi) Jurabaat (East Assamese) Jorbad (Khasi)
Village and Suburb
Jorabat Show map of Assam Jorabat Show map of India Location in Assam and Meghalaya, India
Coordinates: 26.110321°0′0″N 91.867633°0′0″E / 26.11032°N 91.86763°E / 26.11032; 91.86763Coordinates: 26.110321°0′0″N 91.867633°0′0″E / 26.11032°N 91.86763°E / 26.11032; 91.86763
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 East Kamrup district, Assam, India, with greater parts in East Kamrup district of Assam and lesser southern parts in Ri-Bhoi district of Meghalaya.

Geography

The village is sandwiched between south Brahmaputra Valley and northern parts of East Khasi Hills.^[1]

Ethnic groups

Though village mostly lies in East Kamrup district of Assam, being a transportation hub area is conglomeration of communities 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 Nepali and Bihari people constitute a majority in the area whereas Assamese, Khasi, Bengali, Punjabi, Garo and religious minorities makes sizable part of demography.

Places of interest and importance

Shri Shri Bhadrakaleshwari Mandir
Meghalaya teer Counter Stand
Friday weekly bazaar
Khanapara Sales tax Check gate (Government of Assam)
Jorabat Electricity Bill collection centre (Government of Assam)
Jorabat Telephone Exchange

Transport

National Highway 40 links Jorabat to Jowai via Shillong and National Highway 37 passes through Jorabat and connects parts of East Assam with Guwahati.^[2]^[3]^[4]

References

Western Assam topics

Overviews	Kamrupi silk Kamrupi Brahmins Kamrupi people Goalpariya people

Districts	Baksa Barpeta Bongaigaon Chirang Darrang Dhubri Goalpara Kokrajhar Kamrup Kamrup Metro Nalbari

History	Pragjyotisha Kamarupa Kamarupa Pithas Early Period of Kamarupa Kamarupa of Bhaskar Varman Kamarupa – Late to end period Cultural Development of Kamarupa

Geography	Western Assam The Brahmaputra Brahmaputra Valley Kamrup region Goalpara region

Culture	Old Kamrupi Kamrupi language Goalpariya language Kamrupi script Kamrupi crafts

Arts, literature, and music and motion picture	Kamrupi Literature Charyapada Kamrupi Lokgeet Goalpariya Lokgeet

People from Western Assam	Pushya Varman Samudra Varman Bala Varman Kalyana Varman Ganapati Varman Mahendra Varman Narayana Varman Bhuti Varman Chandramukha Varman Sthita Varman Susthita Varman Supratisthita Varman Bhaskar Varman Brahma Pala Indra Pala Go Pala Harsha Pala Dharma Pala Jaya Pala Ambikagiri Raichoudhury Banikanta Kakati Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Bishnu Ram Medhi Mahendra Mohan Choudhry Sarat Chandra Sinha Rameshwar Pathak Bhumidhar Barman Bishnu Prasad Rabha Ambika Charan Choudhury Seema Biswas Pratima Barua Pandey Bhabananda Deka Indira Goswami Bhattadeva

Notable surnames	Bhagawati Chakraborty Choudhry Das Deka Dutta Goswami Kalita Medhi Sarma

Urban centres	Barpeta Bongaigaon Dhubri Goalpara Guwahati Nalbari

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