Makum
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Makum or Makum Junction is a town and a town area committee in Tinsukia district
in the India
n state
of Assam
. It should not be mistaken for Makum Pathar, (the place near Digboi
where, crude oil was first struck in Asia
). The word Makum is of Chinese
origin literally means "meeting point". It is the meeting point of three premier towns of upper Assam
namely Tinsukia
Digboi
and Doomdooma. The National Highway-37 and National Highway-38 meet at Makum. The railway junction of Makum is the easternmost railway junction of the Indian Railways
.
It falls under the Dibrugarh loksabha constituency and under the Digboi legislative assembly
.
town. It is well connected with all the major surrounding places by roads and railways. Passenger autorickshaws for around 16 hours a day from Makum to Tinsukia and from Makum to Doomdooma. The Tata Magic
service from Doomdooma to Tinsukia also benefits Makum.
s (400 feet).
, Makum had a population of 15,058. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Makum has an average literacy rate of 68%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 73%, and female literacy is 62%. In Makum, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.
factories in makum,but now, most of these have been closed down. There are a large number of tea
factories in makum. Other industries include flour
industry, candle
industry spice
grinding industry, etc. There is also a timber treating plant in Makum. There are a large number of small tea growers in and around the town who supply their produce to these factories. However most of the people of Makum are making ther livelihood from services of different kinds and small businesses.
A college, (Makum College) was established in makum in 1997, which provides higher secondary and degree education in arts and commerce.And From September 2005,Makum College has been providing education with very effective career guiding courses like computer education free of cost to its students with Internet Facilities. An educationist Dr Jyotimoyee Barooah, M.Sc, M.Phil, M.Ed, Ph.D, after serving the Department of Education of Dibrugarh University since 1999, joined in Makum College as its Principal in the month of September, 2010.
AIT Computer Education & Research Instiute was established in the year 1999 with a mission to provide quality computer education. AIT opened its branches at Doomdooma Town in the year 2009 and also likely to open its other branches in Digboi, Margherita, Duliajan & at Tinsukia in recent years. AIT Computer Education & Research Institute launches their Website : www.aitindia.net in the year 2011. the first ever website hosted and design by AIT in this region.
A forest's guards training school is located in makum which is the only one in Assam.
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, was opened in Makum, being only the second commercial bank to open up a branch in this town (the first one being United Bank Of India
).
JATIYA VIDYALAYA MAKUM, is the best school with outstanding result. the teachers are hardworking and dedicated. guardians can send their child.
Makum has always been proud of its sons and daughters.
was within close proximity to the border region. The Chinatown has now become a godown. Author Rita Choudhury wrote a book on the ordeal of the Chinese community called Makam itself.
Tinsukia district
Tinsukia district is one of the 27 administrative districts in the state of Assam, India. The district headquarters are located at Tinsukia. Tinsukia district occupies an area of , comparatively equivalent to South Georgia.- History :...
in the India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n state
States and territories of India
India is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.-List of states and territories:...
of Assam
Assam
Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country...
. It should not be mistaken for Makum Pathar, (the place near Digboi
Digboi
Digboi is a town and a town area committee in Tinsukia district in the north-eastern part of the state of Assam, IndiaCrude oil was discovered here in late 19th century, in a span of ten years when the discovery of Oil took place in first Oil drilling in the world. Digboi oilfield has the oldest...
where, crude oil was first struck in Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
). The word Makum is of Chinese
Chinese language
The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
origin literally means "meeting point". It is the meeting point of three premier towns of upper Assam
Assam
Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country...
namely Tinsukia
Tinsukia
Tinsukia is a city and a municipal board in Tinsukia district, Assam, India.Tinsukia is a business city in the Indian state of Assam. It is situated north east of Guwahati and kilometres away from the border with Arunachal Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of Tinsukia District of...
Digboi
Digboi
Digboi is a town and a town area committee in Tinsukia district in the north-eastern part of the state of Assam, IndiaCrude oil was discovered here in late 19th century, in a span of ten years when the discovery of Oil took place in first Oil drilling in the world. Digboi oilfield has the oldest...
and Doomdooma. The National Highway-37 and National Highway-38 meet at Makum. The railway junction of Makum is the easternmost railway junction of the Indian Railways
Indian Railways
Indian Railways , abbreviated as IR , is a departmental undertaking of Government of India, which owns and operates most of India's rail transport. It is overseen by the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India....
.
It falls under the Dibrugarh loksabha constituency and under the Digboi legislative assembly
Legislative Assembly
Legislative Assembly is the name given in some countries to either a legislature, or to one of its branch.The name is used by a number of member-states of the Commonwealth of Nations, as well as a number of Latin American countries....
.
Location
It is located only around 7 km east of TinsukiaTinsukia
Tinsukia is a city and a municipal board in Tinsukia district, Assam, India.Tinsukia is a business city in the Indian state of Assam. It is situated north east of Guwahati and kilometres away from the border with Arunachal Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of Tinsukia District of...
town. It is well connected with all the major surrounding places by roads and railways. Passenger autorickshaws for around 16 hours a day from Makum to Tinsukia and from Makum to Doomdooma. The Tata Magic
Tata Magic
The Tata Magic is a Microvan launched by Tata Motors in June 2007. The Magic is the passenger version of the Ace mini-truck, the new Magic features an all-steel cabin. It offers a flexible seating capacity of 4-7 passengers with adequate legroom. Powered by a , 700 cc water-cooled diesel engine,...
service from Doomdooma to Tinsukia also benefits Makum.
Geography
Makum is located at 27.5°N 95.45°E. It has an average elevation of 122 metreMetre
The metre , symbol m, is the base unit of length in the International System of Units . Originally intended to be one ten-millionth of the distance from the Earth's equator to the North Pole , its definition has been periodically refined to reflect growing knowledge of metrology...
s (400 feet).
Demographics
India censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Makum had a population of 15,058. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Makum has an average literacy rate of 68%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 73%, and female literacy is 62%. In Makum, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Economy
Makum is basically an industrial town. There were a large number of plywoodPlywood
Plywood is a type of manufactured timber made from thin sheets of wood veneer. It is one of the most widely used wood products. It is flexible, inexpensive, workable, re-usable, and can usually be locally manufactured...
factories in makum,but now, most of these have been closed down. There are a large number of tea
Tea
Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by adding cured leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant to hot water. The term also refers to the plant itself. After water, tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world...
factories in makum. Other industries include flour
Flour
Flour is a powder which is made by grinding cereal grains, other seeds or roots . It is the main ingredient of bread, which is a staple food for many cultures, making the availability of adequate supplies of flour a major economic and political issue at various times throughout history...
industry, candle
Candle
A candle is a solid block or cylinder of wax with an embedded wick, which is lit to provide light, and sometimes heat.Today, most candles are made from paraffin. Candles can also be made from beeswax, soy, other plant waxes, and tallow...
industry spice
Spice
A spice is a dried seed, fruit, root, bark, or vegetative substance used in nutritionally insignificant quantities as a food additive for flavor, color, or as a preservative that kills harmful bacteria or prevents their growth. It may be used to flavour a dish or to hide other flavours...
grinding industry, etc. There is also a timber treating plant in Makum. There are a large number of small tea growers in and around the town who supply their produce to these factories. However most of the people of Makum are making ther livelihood from services of different kinds and small businesses.
Education
There are a large number of schools located in Makum, like Ganga Bishan Chowkhani Higher Secondary School, Gopalkrishna Balika Vidyalaya, Railway School etc.A college, (Makum College) was established in makum in 1997, which provides higher secondary and degree education in arts and commerce.And From September 2005,Makum College has been providing education with very effective career guiding courses like computer education free of cost to its students with Internet Facilities. An educationist Dr Jyotimoyee Barooah, M.Sc, M.Phil, M.Ed, Ph.D, after serving the Department of Education of Dibrugarh University since 1999, joined in Makum College as its Principal in the month of September, 2010.
AIT Computer Education & Research Instiute was established in the year 1999 with a mission to provide quality computer education. AIT opened its branches at Doomdooma Town in the year 2009 and also likely to open its other branches in Digboi, Margherita, Duliajan & at Tinsukia in recent years. AIT Computer Education & Research Institute launches their Website : www.aitindia.net in the year 2011. the first ever website hosted and design by AIT in this region.
A forest's guards training school is located in makum which is the only one in Assam.
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Recent events
In July 2009, a branch of the State Bank Of IndiaState Bank of India
The State Bank of India is the largest Indian banking and financial services company with its headquarters in Mumbai, India. It is state-owned. The bank traces its ancestry to British India, through the Imperial Bank of India, to the founding in 1806 of the Bank of Calcutta, making it the oldest...
, was opened in Makum, being only the second commercial bank to open up a branch in this town (the first one being United Bank Of India
United Bank of India
United Bank of India is a state-owned financial services company headquartered in Kolkata, India. Presently the bank has a three-tier organizational setup consisting of its Head office in Kolkata, 31 Regional offices and 1600 branches spread all over India. However, its major presence is in...
).
JATIYA VIDYALAYA MAKUM, is the best school with outstanding result. the teachers are hardworking and dedicated. guardians can send their child.
Popular saying
There is a popular saying about Makum that whosoever has lived here, ultimately becomes a permanent resident of this place. However there is no specific fact regarding this.Makum has always been proud of its sons and daughters.
Chinatown
Makum once had a thriving community of Chinese, who settled down in the area in the 1830s. The Chinatown was closed in 1962, on the outbreak of the Sino-Indian War, as AssamAssam
Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country...
was within close proximity to the border region. The Chinatown has now become a godown. Author Rita Choudhury wrote a book on the ordeal of the Chinese community called Makam itself.