Silchar is a city situated in the bank of Barak River of Cachar District, which is located in the shouthern part of Assam and also the second largest city of the state in terms of population. The first one is Guwahati. If you planning to spent your next vacation in Silchar, or just hang out with your friends or thinking about to shifting here but you don't have any idea about Silchar's road, traffic, tourist destinations, availability of rental houses, medical facilities and other important things. This post is specially for you. So before travelling there here are some important things you should know about Silchar.
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| Ariel View of Silchar taken in 2007 (picture courtesy Wikipedia) |
City Name - Silchar (silcor - sylethy)
- Ethomology behind the name - During the British rule, ships were docked at the bank of river Barak. The bank was covered with stones so the ships can dock and vessels. And also a market was developed near the dock which is fully covered by stones. Majority of people started calling the place as ''Siler - Chor'' meaning 'a bank of stones' in silethy which was simplified to Silchar later. The British officials also started to reffer and ultimately use the name Silchar in their official documents reffering to the surrounding area of the market and that's how the small city gained it's name and "Silchar" became the official name of the place.
- Situated in the Barak Valley which consist of three District (Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi) surrounded by River Barak.
- Other Names - "Island of Peace" (given by ex-Prime Minister of India Smt. Indira Gandhi.
- District - Cachar
- State - Assam
- Region - North-East
- Country - India
- Govement Board - Silchar Municipality Board
- No. of Wards - 28
- Population - 2,28,985 (as of Census 2011)
- Time Zone - IST (UTC+5:30)
- Pin - 7880xx
- Telephone code - +91 (0) 3842
- Vehicle Registration code - AS-11
- Official Website - www.cachar.nic.in
- It is 343 kilomeeters (213 miles) south east of Guwahati
- Local Language - Bengali (Main), Silethy and Hindi
- Other Languages - Bihari, Manipuri, Mizo and English
- Nearby Places - Badarpur, Hailakandi (District), Karimganj (District), Shillong, Arunachal, Silcoorie, Doloo Tea Estate,
- Rivers - Barak (Main), Kushiara (Karimganj District), Jiri, Chiri, Mathura (Sub-Rivers)
- Nearby Country - Bangladesh
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| Silchar City during Daylight |
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| The Night life of Silchar |
 Busy treets of Silchar |
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List of Famous Politicians & Celebrities Who Visited Silchar
- Indira Gandhi
- Kishore Kumar
- Manna Dey
- Kumar Sanu
- Alka Yagnik
- Javagal Shrinath
- Mithun Chakraborty
- Sunil Gavaskar
- Hema Malini
- Kapil Dev
- Atal Bihari Vajpayee
- Shatrughana Sinha
- Prosenjit
- Runa Layla
- Mukesh Khanna
- Sachin Tendulkar
- Shreya Ghosal
- Ismail Darbar
- Sourav Ganguly
- Apj. Abdul Kalam
- Smriti Irani
- Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty
- Tarun Gogoi
- Anuradha Paudwal
- Sonu Nigam
- Amit Kumar
- P. B. Narsimah Roa
- Abhijit
- Bappi Lahiri
- Rupankar Bagchi
- Arijit Singh
- Narendra Modi
- Vinod Rathod
- Mika Singh
- Chetan Bhagat
- Anupam Roy
- Shakti Kapoor
- Rahul Gandhi
- Subhamita Banerjee
- Ustad Rashid Khan
- Sarbananda Sanyal
- Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma
- Ramnath Kovind (President of India)
- Babul Supriyo
- Zubeen Garg
- Shaan
Notable Peoples from Silchar
- Santosh Mohan Dev
- Ullaskar Dutta
- Arun Kumar Chanda
- Kabindra Purkayastha
- B. B. Bhattacharya
- Debojit Saha
- Sushmita Dev
- Moinul Hoque Choudhury
- Dilip Kumar Paul
- Bidhan Laskar
Popular Tourist Destinations In and Nearby Silchar
Jatinga - 80 kilometers away from Silchar a famous tourist spot where you can see a large numbers of local and foreign tourist birds. Jatinga is also most famous for the phenomenon of ''Birds Committing Suicide''. Although the birds do not commit suicide by itself but actually killed by the peoples, the myth of the suicides has spread by the locals as a rumored folk fairytale and as time passes it became a myth and became famous among peoples of north-east and rest of the world.
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| A Beautiful View near Jatinga |
Kachakanti Bari - The Temple of Mother Kachakanti is situated in Doloo Road, Udharbond and is most famous among The Hindus for Wedding Concern. Also a famous tourist spot since decades.
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| The Kachakanti Temple |
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| Inside View of Kachakanti Temple |
Khaspur Raajbaari - The Palace of The Cachari King is famous among the peoples of all ages, situated at Khaspur, Thaligram, Cachar.
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| The Khaspur Rajbari, Kingdome of the ancient Kachari King |
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| the khaspur RajBari |
Iskcon Mandir - Located in Ambicapatty is one of the most popular destinations among religious persons.
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| The Iskcon Mandir Silchar |
Shyam Sundar Akhra - Located at Tulapatty Point, Silchar is also a Holy Place and the Temple of The Lord Radha and Krishna.
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| Premtola Point Silchar during Vijaya Dashami |
Bhuban Hills - The Bhuban Pahar or Bhuban Hills is also a popular among all generations as a Holy place of The Lord Shiva and it's situated at Motinagar, Silchar.
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| The cave of The Naga Pahar in the Bhuvan Hills |
Gandhi Bag Park - it is located at Park Road, Silchar, Ahead of Tarapur and its famous among childrens and adults and a very nice place to hang out.
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| Silchar Gandhi Park |
Railway Station Silchar - Tarapur Silchar
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| Silchar Railway Station |
Silchar Tennis Club - Tarapur Silchar
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| Silchar Mahadev Mandir |
Sidhweshwar Baruni Ghat - Katigorah
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| Ongoing Charak Puja near Silchar |
Kapil Muni Ashram - Katigorah
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| Badarpur Railway Junction |
Mashimpur Military Camp - Mashimpur
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| The Border Security Force - BSF |
Jongla Kaali Baari - Badarpur
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| ongoing Aalati of Durga Puja in Silchar |
District Sports Associations - DSA Ground - Devdoot Point, Silchar
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| ongoing football match in DSA, Silchar |
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Silchar - DSA
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Big Baazar Silchar - Premtola Point, Silchar
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| Big Bazaar and Goldighi Shopping Complex in Premtola, Silchar |
V2 - Silchar - Tulapatty, Silchar
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| Nahata Point Silchar during Srike |
Annapurna Ghat Silchar - Tarapur, Silchar
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| Silchar Annapurna Ghat during Namami Barak Festival |
India Club- Tarapur, Silchar
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| the Traffic Lights of Silchar |
Silchar D.T.O.Office - Tarapur, Silchar
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| Tarapur Silchar |
District Library - Circuit House Road, Silchar
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| District Library Silchar |
Vishal Mega Mart - Central Road, Silchar
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| Vishal Mega Mart Silchar |
Metro Baazar - Devdoot Point, Silchar
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| Silchar Metro Bazar |
Silchar Over Bridge - Tarapur, Silchar
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| A View from Over Bridge Silchar |
Sadar Ghat and Sadarghat Bridge Silchar
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| Silchar Sadar Ghat |
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| the Vivekananda Statue in Sadar Ghat Point |
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| Sadar Ghat during Mahalaya |
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| Sadar Ghat during Mahalaya 2017 |
Bhairab Bari Malugram
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| the Malugram Durga Bari |
Fatak Bazaar - Fatak bazaar is the largest and popular market in the Silchar and its near territory, it is quite popular for fish, vegitables and fruits. It has the largest number of the wholesale and retail shops.
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| The Bara Masjid near Fatak Bazaar |
Sadar Thana Silchar - The Headquarter of all the outpost of Silchar
Fire Brigade Silchar - Tarapur Silchar
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| Bus services of Silchar |
Rajiv Bhawan - Tarapur Road, Silchar
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| Rajiv Bhawan Silchar |
Inter State Bus Turninus - ISBT Silchar - Ramnagar, Silchar
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| The Rear View of Railway Station Silchar |
List of Schools in Silchar
- Holy Cross School - Sonai Road, Silchar
- Oriental High School - Jail Road, Silchar
- Kendriya Vidyalaya Silchar - Chandmari Road, Silchar
- D.N.N.K Girls H. S. School - Club Road, Silchar
- Narshing Higher Secondary School - Vip Road, Silchar
- Public Higher Secondary School - Public School Road - Silchar
- Ramanuj Vidyamandir - Chaengkuri Road, Silchar
- Adharchand Higher Secondary School - Ambikapatty, Silchar
- Saint Capitanio Senior Secondary School - Masimpur, Silcoorie Grant
- Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalay - Ramnagar, Silchar
- Govt. Girls H.S. & M.P. School - Club Road, Silchar
- South Point School - C. R. Avenue, National Highway, Silchar
- Muktashree High School - Rangirkhari, Silchar
- Sishu Tirtha High School - P.W.D. Road, Silchar
- Pranabananda Holy Child School - Hospital Road
- Oxford School - Nag Naha Lane, Premtola, Silchar
- Netaji Girl's High School - Rangirkhari, Silchar
- Tarani Mohan Das Laskar Academy Middle School - Kanakpur, Silchar
- Assam Rifles Public School - Tarapur, Silchar
- Maharishi Vidyamandir - Kathal Road, Silchar
- Tree House Play Ground - Opposie Adarchand H. S. School, Ambikapatty, Silchar
- Deffodils School - Mela Road, Malugram, Silchar
- Saint Capitanio School - Kuarpar, N.I.T Silchar
- Cachar High School - Malugram, Silchar
- Netaji Memorial Institute High School - Shibbari Road, Tarapur
- Kidzee School - Vivekananda Road, Silchar
- Little Flower School & Creche - Hailakandi Road, Silchar
- Sarat Kalamohan Practicing Lower Primary School - Tarapur, Silchar
- Government Boys Higher Secondary School - Near B.S.N.L. Office, Sadarghat Road, Silchar
- Swami Vivekananda Play School - Hailakandi Road, Silchar
- Radiant Model School - Sonai Road, Silchar
- Niranjan Paul Institute Silchar - Ashram Road, Silchar
- Krishna Charan L.P. School - Tarapur, Silchar
- HKC M.E. School - Kathal Road, Silchar
- Raghab Singha School - Near Bhagatpur, Kathal Road, Silchar
- Saraswati Vidya Niketan - Opposite Lane No, 12, 2nd Link Road, Silchar
- Concept Education - Rangirkhari, N.S. Avenue, Hailakandi Road, Silchar
- BBD Junior College - Sreema Sarani, Sonai Road, Silchar
- Little Flower Kids Play School - C.R. Evenue, N.H. Highway, Silchar
- St. Thomas Residential School - Medical Road, Meherpur, Silchar
- Cambridge English Medium School - Birbal Bazar, Meherpur, Silchar
- The New Cambridge English Residential School - Hailakandi Road, Meherpur, Silchar
- Iris English School - Kathal Point, Hailakandi Road, Silchar
- River Dale Public School - Hailakandi Road, Meherpur, Silchar
- Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar Englo-Bengali School - Birbal Bazar, Meherpur, Silchar
- 972 No. L.P. School - Alitikar Road, Meherpur, Silchar
- 252 No. Ambikapur L.P. School - Meherpur, Birbal Bazar, Silchar
- The New St. Xavier's School - Kathal Road, Ambicapur Part XI, Silchar
- Silchar Collegiate School - R. K. Mission Road, Jhalupara, Silchar
- Murshedul Alom Choudhury Memorial Academy - 2nd Link Road, Silchar
- Shibcolony Primary School - Shibcolony, Rangirkhari, Silchar
- North-Eastern Higher Secondary School - Meherpur, Silchar
- Gayatri Vidyapith Silchar - Sunlit Building Complex, National Highway, Silchar
- Pre School & Day Care - Pancahyat Road, Silchar
- Abhaya Charan Bhattacharjee Pathshala - Dhakaia Patty, Silchar
- Sunil Sandhya M. E. School - Sanghatipath, N.H. Way, C.R. Avenue, Silchar
- Subhash Nagar Primary School - Subhash Nagar, Silchar
- 1036 No. Suhag Subdari Pathshala - Sonai Road, Silchar
- Sripally School - 1st Link Road, Silchar
- Hironprova Dev Sishu Mandir High School - Tarapur, Silchar
- Pranavananda Vidya Mandir - Kalain Road, Ramnagar, Silchar
- Shakuntala Lower Primary School - Meherpur, Silchar
- Laurel Convent High School - Birbal Bazar, Meherpur, Silchar
- Triguna Sen School of Technology - Irongmara, Silchar
- S.C. Dev Vidyapith School - Near Tarapur Police Station, Silchar
- Rongpur School - N.H. 53, Rongpur, Silchar
- New Oxford School - Sadail Complex, Bilpar Road, Silchar
- Durga Shankar Pathshala - Ambicapatty, Silchar
- Lalita Das Balika Vidyalay - Graveyard Road, Bilpar, Silchar
- Vir Tikendrajit High School - Manipuri Para, Itkhola, Silchar
- Nrityamoyee Prathamik Vidyalay - Ambicapatty, Silchar
- Itkhola Chaitanya Nagar Pathshala - Swamiji Road, Itkhola, Silchar
- Ramkumar Nandi Pathshala - Tarapur, Silchar
- Chotelal Seth Institute - Shillongpatty, Silchar
- Hindi Vidyapith - Shillongpatty, Silchar
- Nazrul Music Academy - Lochan Bairagi Road, Bilpar, Silchar
- Rhyming Kids Corner - Opp. Vivek Sweets, College Road, Silchar
- Sarbada Pathshala - Saratpally Main Road, Sonai Road, Silchar
- Matangini Hindi Vidyalay - Meherpur, Silchar
- Prerana Academy - Central Road, Silchar
- Swami Vivekananda High School - Tarapur, Silchar
- Radhamadhab Valika Vidyalay - Locahn Bairagi Road, Bilpar, Silchar
- Shyamananda Pathshala - Shyamananda Lane, Kanakpur, Silchar
- Radhamadhab Buniadi Pathshala - Kanakpur, Silchar
- Abacus Mental Maths and Brain Development Academy - Bidya Sagar Sarani, Rangirkhari, Silchar
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| Barak River during Summer |
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| Ex Heavy Industries and Public Enterprise Minister Shri Santosh Mohan Dev |
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| Daily Life of Barak |
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| A Large Numbers of Peoples Participating in Various Religious Festivals |
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| The Durga Idol in Ramkrishna Mission Silchar |
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| Ramkrishna Mission Durga Idol |
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| Shillongpatty Park Road Point During Rain |
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| Folk Dance in Silchar |
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| Congress MP Sushmita Dev at Parliament House New Delhi During The Budget Session |
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| Folk Singer Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya |
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| Bengali Playback Singer Debojit Saha |
List of Colleges in Silchar
- Radhamadhab College - Sonai Road, Silchar
- Gurucharan College - College Road, Silchar
- Women's College - Shillongpatty Point, Silchar
- Cachar College - Trunk Road, Silchar
- Ramanuj Gupta Junior College - Ambicapatty Chowrangi, Silchar
- Silchar Medical College and Hospital - Ghungoor, Silchar
- Surandra Memorial Junior College - Steamer Ghat Road, Silchar
- Aryan Junior College of Science and Arts - Rangirkhari, Silchar
- A. K. Chanda Law College - Tarapur
- R. K. Degree College of Management and Technological Sciences - Ukilpatty , Silchar
- Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee College of Education - Assam University Road, Silchar
- Polytechnic Silchar - Birbal Bazar, Meherpur, Silchar
- B.B.D. Junior College - Tanisha Plaza, Sonai Road, Silchar
- Silchar College Of Science and Commerce - L.B. Road, Bilpar, Kanakpur, Silchar
- Lalit Jain Commerce College -Meherpur, Silchar
- Teachers Training College - N.S. Avenue, Hailakandi Road, Silchar
- Radian Junior College - Kanakpur, Silchar
- Rajib Open Institute - College Road, Silchar
- Anubhab Junior College - Sonai Road, Silchar
- Central Junior College - Uco Bank Building 3rd Floor, College Road, Silchar
- Vivekananda Junior College of Commerce - Ambicapatty, Silchar
- Gyandeep Junior College - 2nd Link Road, Silchar
- South City Junior College - Sonabarighat, Silchar
- Global Junior College - Shillongpatty, Silchar
- Silchar Institute of Paramedical Sciences - Meherpur, Silchar
- H.D. Memorial Junior College - Tarapur, Silchar
- Sikkim Manipal University - Ukilpatty, Silchar
- North East India Baptist Bible College - Tarapur, Silchar
- Gurukul Junior College - Opp. Das Colony, Hailakandi Road, Silchar
- Barak Horizon Junior College - Sonai Road, Silchar
- Netaji Subhash Junior College - Nazirpatty, Silchar
- Danish Junior College - Hospital Road, Silchar
- East Silchar Junior College - Uttarkrishnapur, Silchar
- Adarsh Academy - Ambicapatty, Silchar
Universities
Assam University Silchar
Situated in Dargakuna, Silchar
Assam University is a teaching-cum-affiliating Central University. The history of Assam University is the history of people's struggle in Barak Valley.
Wikipedia
Address: Cachar District, Silchar, Assam 788011
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| Students Protesting in front of the Assam University |
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| Entrance to the Assam University |
In Popular Culture
Street Food - Momo and Panipuri (fuchka) is the most famous street snacks among chowmin and chat in Silchar.
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