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Dergaon (IPA: ˈdɜːˌgɑ̃ʊ) is a town and a municipality in the Golaghat district of Assam, India. It is 282 km from Guwahati.

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Place details

Locality
Dergaon
Region
Assam
Country
India
Population
20,059
Timezone
Asia/Kolkata

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Dergaon
Settlement.settlement_type
Town
Settlement.pushpin_map
India Assam#India
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
left
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Assam, India
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Assam
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Golaghat
Settlement.governing_body
Dergaon Municipal Board
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.elevation_m
82
Settlement.population_total
20,097
Settlement.population_as_of
2011
Settlement.population_rank
29 th (Assam)
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.demographics_type1
Languages

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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Geography
  • Demographics
  • Politics
  • Transport
  • Education
  • Notable people
  • Notes
  • References

Dergaon (IPA: ˈdɜːˌgɑ̃ʊ) is a town and a municipality in the Golaghat district of Assam, India. It is 282 km from Guwahati.

Bhaxar Oja Hemchandra Barua, the compiler of Hemkosh (the earliest Assamese-English dictionary) was from Dergaon.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dergaon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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