Kokrajhar Government College

Kokrajhar town, located in the so called chicken?s neck in the eastern part of the map of India (Elevation=34 metres, 260 24/ 18.3// N latitude and 900 16/ 33.3// E longitude), is the district headquarters of Kokrajhar district and Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC). The bustling Kokrajhar town of today happened to be a sleepy and insignificant place in the past. The early inhabitants of this place recount how the place has grown rapidly from a Sub-divisional headquarter of Goalpara district to the headquarter of a district after its bifurcation from Goalpara district in 1983. Later in 1993 it became headquarter of the erstwhile Bodoland Autonomous Council. Thereafter, with the creation of Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) in 2003, Kokrajhar was made headquarter of this new Territorial Council. After the creation of Bodoland Territorial Council, its importance has grown rapidly. It is an emerging place in lower Assam with many higher educational institutions coming up in and around the town. It is now host to a number of higher educational institutions such as Bodoland University, Central Institute of Technology, BB Engineering College, Girls? College, Science College, Commerce College and Kokrajhar Govt. College. Besides, a Medical College is soon coming up.