Gossaigaon
Sign in to saveGossaigaon is one of the fastest-developing towns and the hometown of the state's youngest Raimona National Park in the Bodoland region of Assam, India. This is a sub-divisional headquarter of Kokrajhar district. It shares its boundaries with the neighboring state of West Bengal in the west and Dhubri district to the south. It is one of the BTR's proposed districts. Gossaigaon is well connected by ground transportation and rails. The town serves as a direct route by road to the state's youngest Rupsi Airport located in the southernmost part of the town. Madati and Sankosh are some of the promi
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Gossaigaon
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Assam#India
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Assam, India
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Assam
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Territorial Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Bodoland
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Kokrajhar
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Kokrajhar district
- Elevation
- +50
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
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Gossaigaon is one of the fastest-developing towns and the hometown of the state's youngest Raimona National Park in the Bodoland region of Assam, India. This is a sub-divisional headquarter of Kokrajhar district. It shares its boundaries with the neighboring state of West Bengal in the west and Dhubri district to the south. It is one of the BTR's proposed districts. Gossaigaon is well connected by ground transportation and rails. The town serves as a direct route by road to the state's youngest Rupsi Airport located in the southernmost part of the town. Madati and Sankosh are some of the prominent rivers that flow through the heart of the town, and forested areas include such saleable trees as Shorea robusta (sal), Tectona grandis (teak). This place practices organic farming as well as modern agriculture, following recent scientific developments. A statue of Bodofa Upendra Nath Brahma has been placed at the children park in the heart of the town near chariali and inauguration function was held on 18th of May, 2025, statued by Promod Boro, Chief of BTC. A lighting clock tower was also established by the BTC authority at the chariali which showed a symbol of unity. Various cultural ethnic dances are also drawn in the tower. A statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose - a renowned personality from West Bengal was statued near the bank of river Modati in Durgapara area.
==Geography== Gossaigaon is located at . It has an average elevation of 50 metres (164 feet). Vegetation is deciduous and evergreen, also grasslands at patches.