Katakhal

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| name = Katakhal

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| settlement_type = village

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| pushpin_map = India Assam#India

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Assam, India

| coordinates = {{coord|24.8309|N|92.6143|E|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = India

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = Assam

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Hailakandi

| established_title = District created

| established_date = 1 October 1989

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| governing_body = Hailakandi Municipality Board

| unit_pref = Metric

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| area_rank = hhh

| area_total_km2 = 1327

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| elevation_m = 21

| population_total = 659260

| population_as_of = 2011

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| population_density_km2 = 497

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| demographics_type1 = Languages

| demographics1_title1 = Official

| demographics1_info1 = Bengali and Meitei (Manipuri)

| timezone1 = IST

| utc_offset1 = +5:30

| postal_code_type = PIN

| postal_code = 788XXX

| area_code_type = Telephone code

| area_code = 91 - (0) 03844

| registration_plate = AS-24

| iso_code = IN-AS

| website = {{URL|hailakandi.nic.in}}

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Katakhal is a town and railway station in Hailakandi tehsil of Hailakandi district in the Indian state of Assam. The village is named after the Katakhal River which originates in Bhairabi after three other rivers merge. The river ends at Kalinagar Village falling into Barak river. The Hailakandi district is one of the three districts of Southern Assam in the Barak Valley.{{cn|date=February 2024}}{{vn|date=February 2024}}

Bengali and Meitei (Manipuri) are the official languages of this place.{{Cite news |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/govt-withdraws-assamese-as-official-language-from-barak-valley-114090901180_1.html |title=Govt withdraws Assamese as official language from Barak valley |agency=Press Trust of India |date=9 September 2014 |work=Business Standard India |access-date=29 January 2018 |archive-date=29 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129195116/http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/govt-withdraws-assamese-as-official-language-from-barak-valley-114090901180_1.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Purkayastha |first=Biswa Kalyan |date=24 February 2024 |title=Assam recognises Manipuri as associate official language in four districts |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/assam-recognises-manipuri-as-associate-official-language-in-four-districts-101708770769105.html |work=Hindustan Times |access-date=26 February 2024}}

Bairabi Sairang Railway

Indian Railways has already converted the current 84 km railway from Assam to Bairabi 2 km inside Mizoram. Its 51.38 km long Bairabi Sairang Railway extension from Bairabi to Sairang (20 km north of Aizawl) in Mizoram is under construction with target completion date of March 2019. In August 2015, Indian Railway completed a survey for a possible new route extension from Sairang to Hmawngbuchhuah[https://www.google.com.sg/maps/place/Hmawngbuchhuah,+Mizoram+796891,+India/@22.1253824,92.7494556,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x30b294c8b0f96afd:0x9819f2ba01cd3684!8m2!3d22.1486636!4d92.7711359 Hmawngbuchhuah location map] on Mizoram's southern tip on the border of Myanmar, where at nearby Zochachhuah[https://www.google.com.sg/maps/place/Zochawchhuah,+Mizoram+796891,+India/@22.1308892,92.72766,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m8!1m2!2m1!1sZochachhuah,+Mizoram!3m4!1s0x30b294a35a3bdd51:0x494754a5f97f6a23!8m2!3d22.1308147!4d92.7626806 Zochachhuah location map] village the National Highway 502 (India) (part of Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project) enters Myanmar, leaving a possibility open for yet-unplanned future rail connections to Paletwa.[http://indianexpress.com/article/explained/the-new-northeast-expresses/#sthash.H3U77Y0L.dpuf Massive push to railway infrastructure under way in Northeast][http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/sanctioned-in-2000-broad-gauge-train-reaches-mizoram-after-16-years/ Sanctioned in 2000, broad-gauge train reaches Mizoram after 16 years]

References

External links

[https://indianrlynews.wordpress.com/tag/kaladan-multi-modal-transit-transport-project-kmmttp-see-more-at-httpindianexpress-comarticleindiaindia-othersmizoram-capital-to-be-on-railway-map-in-three-yearssthash-rcou8l98-dpuf/ Railway survey in Hmawngbuchhuah]
[http://mdoner.gov.in/content/introduction-1 Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project]

Category:Cities and towns in Hailakandi district