Gossaigaon | |
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Town | |
  Gossaigaon Location in Assam, India  Gossaigaon Gossaigaon (India) | |
| Coordinates: 26°25′11″N 89°59′03″E / 26.41972°N 89.98417°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State |  Assam |
| Territorial Region |  Bodoland |
| District | Kokrajhar |
| No. of Wards | 4 |
| Division | Lower Assam |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Corporation |
| • Body | Gossaigaon Town Committee |
| • Sub Divisional Officer | Rahul Kumar Gupta, IAS |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.000 km2 (1.544 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 9,068 |
| • Rank | 100th (among towns in Assam) |
| • Density | 2,300/km2 (5,900/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bodo, English |
| • Spoken | Bodo, Assamese, English, Hindi, Bengali |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 783360 |
| Telephone code | +91 3669 |
| Vehicle registration | AS 16 |
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.