Katakhal

Katakhal
village
Katakhal
Katakhal

Location in Assam, India

Coordinates: 24°49′51″N 92°36′51″E / 24.8309°N 92.6143°E / 24.8309; 92.6143Coordinates: 24°49′51″N 92°36′51″E / 24.8309°N 92.6143°E / 24.8309; 92.6143
Country India
State Assam
District Hailakandi
District created 01-10-1989
Government
 • Body Hailakandi Municipality Board
Area
 • Total 1,327 km2 (512 sq mi)
Elevation 21 m (69 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total 659,260
 • Density 497/km2 (1,290/sq mi)
Languages
 • Official Bangla
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 788XXX
Telephone code 91 - (0) 03844
ISO 3166 code IN-AS
Vehicle registration AS-24
Website hailakandi.nic.in

Katakhal is a town and railway station in Hailakandi tehsil of Hailakandi district in the Indian state of Assam. The Hailakandi district is one of the three districts of Southern Assam i.e. Barak Valley.

Bairabi Sairang Railway

Indian Railway has already converted the current 84 km railline from Katakhal (Assam) to Bairabi 2 km inside Mizoram. Its further 51.38 km Bairabi Sairang Railway extension from Bairabi to Sairang (20 km north of Aizwal) in Mizoram is under construction with target completion date of March 2019 as per status update in March 2016. In August 2015, India railway completed a survey for a possible new route extension from Sairang to Hmawngbuchhuah[1] on Mizoram’s southern tip on the border of Myanmar, where at nearby Zochachhuah[2] 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.[3][4]

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