Silchar
Silchar
| |
|---|---|
City | |
Clockwise from top: Nazirpatty, Silchar city; Silchar Airport, NIT Silchar, Goldighi Mall, Silchar railway station | |
| Nickname: The Island of Peace & The City of Love | |
| Coordinates: 24°49′N 92°48′E / 24.82°N 92.8°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Assam |
| District | Cachar |
| Region | Barak Valley |
| No. Of Wards | 42 |
| Established | 1838 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Corporation |
| • Body | Silchar Municipal Corporation |
| • Mayor | Niharendra Narayan Tagore, BJP |
| • MLA | Dipayan Chakraborty, BJP |
| • MP | Parimal Suklabaidya, BJP |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Mridul Yadav, IAS |
| Area | |
• City | 69.49 km2 (26.83 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 22 m (72 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• City | 172,830 |
| • Density | 8,524/km2 (22,080/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 228,985 |
| Demonym | Silcharian |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 788001-788032 & 788118 |
| Telephone code | +91 (0) 3842 |
| Vehicle registration | AS-11 |
| Sex Ratio | 943 ♀️/ 1000 ♂️ |
| Climate | Cwa |
| Official language | Bengali |
| Associate official language | Meitei (Manipuri) |
| Literacy Rate | 91.05% |
| Lok Sabha Constituency | Silchar |
| Vidhan Sabha Constituency | Silchar |
| Website | www |
Silchar is a city and the headquarters of the Cachar district of the state of Assam, India. It is second largest city of Assam after Guwahati in terms of population and GDP. It is also administrative capital of Barak Valley division. It is located 343 kilometres (213 mi; 185 nmi) south east of Guwahati. It was founded by Captain Thomas Fisher in 1832 when he shifted the headquarters of Cachar to Janiganj in Silchar. It earned the moniker "Island of Peace" from Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India. Silchar is the site of the world's first polo club and the first competitive polo match. In 1985, an Air India flight from Kolkata to Silchar became the world's first all-women crew flight. Silchar was a tea town and Cachar club was the meeting point for tea planters.