Mariani
Encyclopedia
Mariani is a neighbourhood town of Jorhat City
. It is about 17.5 km for Jorhat Railway station. Mariani is in the border of Nagaland
. Mariani is famous for the diamonds Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary
which is located on the road side on the way to Nakachari from Mariani at a distance of 5 km.
This small town is surrounded by some of the largest tea gardens in India. Mariani has a cosmopolitan culture with many communities speaking different languages and living in harmony for decades. The town was once well known for having one of the largest plywood factories in India
which was later closed down as felling trees were banned by the law.
Dhudar Ali connects Mariani by road. Mariani is well connected by air. Nearest airport is located at Jorhat
. It is also well connected with the rest of the country for it is an important railway junction
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s (508 feet).
, Mariani had a population of 23,065. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. In Mariani, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Mariani is part of Jorhat (Lok Sabha constituency)
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Jorhat
Jorhat is a city of Assam in India. Jorhat was established as a new capital in the closing years of the 18th century by the declining Tunkhungia Ahom Dynasty. Jorhat, as the name signifies, was just a couple of markets . Two parallel markets namely, Chowkihat and Macharhat, lay on the eastern...
. It is about 17.5 km for Jorhat Railway station. Mariani is in the border of Nagaland
Nagaland
Nagaland is a state in the far north-eastern part of India. It borders the state of Assam to the west, Arunachal Pradesh and part of Assam to the north, Burma to the east and Manipur to the south. The state capital is Kohima, and the largest city is Dimapur...
. Mariani is famous for the diamonds Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary
Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary
The Hoollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary, formerly known as the Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary or Hollongapar Reserve Forest, is an isolated protected area of evergreen forest located in Assam, India. The sanctuary was officially constituted and renamed in 1997. Set aside initially in 1881, its forests used...
which is located on the road side on the way to Nakachari from Mariani at a distance of 5 km.
This small town is surrounded by some of the largest tea gardens in India. Mariani has a cosmopolitan culture with many communities speaking different languages and living in harmony for decades. The town was once well known for having one of the largest plywood factories in 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...
which was later closed down as felling trees were banned by the law.
Dhudar Ali connects Mariani by road. Mariani is well connected by air. Nearest airport is located at Jorhat
Jorhat
Jorhat is a city of Assam in India. Jorhat was established as a new capital in the closing years of the 18th century by the declining Tunkhungia Ahom Dynasty. Jorhat, as the name signifies, was just a couple of markets . Two parallel markets namely, Chowkihat and Macharhat, lay on the eastern...
. It is also well connected with the rest of the country for it is an important railway junction
Junction (rail)
A junction, in the context of rail transport, is a place at which two or more rail routes converge or diverge.This implies a physical connection between the tracks of the two routes , 'points' and signalling.one or two tracks each meet at a junction, a fairly simple layout of tracks suffices to...
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Geography
Mariani is located at 26.67°N 94.33°E. It has an average elevation of 155 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 (508 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...
, Mariani had a population of 23,065. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. In Mariani, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Schools
- Mahadev Agarwalla Higher secondary School
- Edith Douglas HS School
- St. Antony's High School
- Railway High School
- Adarsh Hindi Vidyalaya
- Mariani High School
- Mariani Girls’ School
- Little Star School
- Bongshi Gopal High School
- Parijat Jatiya Bidyalaya
Politics
The present(2010) MLA Rupjyoti Kurmi of Mariani is the youngest MLA in Assam,Mariani is part of Jorhat (Lok Sabha constituency)
Jorhat (Lok Sabha constituency)
Jorhat Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam state in north-eastern India.-Assembly segments:Jorhat Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments :* Jorhat* Titabar* Mariani* Teok* Amguri...
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