Kalain is situated in a strategic location of the

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. It is about from the district headquarters,

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, and is called the Gateway to Barak Valley. There are three railway stations that connect Kalain smoothly to rest of the

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and the state of

; one at Hilara, one at Sukritipur. and one at Bihara Moreover, Kalain is east of

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and 190 kilometres from

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, 187 kilometres from

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- the village that featured as the cleanest village in

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. It is the main town in the Katigorah (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in

Overview

Kalain, apart from all other relations that it shares with the population dwelling in it from time immemorial, also fosters a sense of an eternal hospitality in the hearts of its people. This is a one-of-a-kind examples to behold in there. There is a society that is inclusive and it is demonstrated through the examples of the multitudes of cultures and cultural diversity there. There are many NGOs working at grassroot level there; some helping the needy students, some engaged in uplifting the societal horizon in which many economically weak households survive. The roads that pass through Kalain to other places, also pass through the green meadows and the tea estates surrounding Kalain.

Culture

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and Meitei ( Manipuri) are the official languages of this place. Sylheti{{Cite web , date=2 February 2016 , title=Sylheti Language , url=https://sylhetiproject.wordpress.com/eine-seite/ , access-date=17 December 2022 , website=Sylheti Project – SOAS in Camden , language=en is the prominent language of the town.

comes next to it in terms of the use of a mostly spoken language. The other groups of languages that are spoken by several

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groups in and around the town are Assamese,

Bishnupriya Manipuri Bishnupriya Manipuri, also known as Bishnupriya Meitei or simply as Bishnupriya, is an Indo-Aryan lect belonging to the Bengali–Assamese linguistic sub-branch. It is a creole of Bengali language and ''Meitei language (also called Manip ...

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, Khasi, Kachari, Kuki, Chakma,

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, Nepali, Baganiya, Saora etc. The main reason behind this linguistic diversity in the culture of the town is because of the migration of people from various parts of the state and the nation related to work and profession that the town sees. The town has a good equilibrium in religious plane, where the

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and the

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share the major part. However, the most beautiful part of this composition is that in the festivals of both these major religions, the adherents from all spheres participate, celebrate, and complement amongst themselves. The current state of education infrastructure in and around the town can be termed as somewhat in the way of a bloom. There are many educational institutes that are on a rise. Many religious places add beauty to the lifestyle and lifeline of the people out in the town and its vicinity. In one side of the national highway that passes through the heart of the town, you can see a Kalibari and a temple, and in another side of the same national highway you can find a Mosque and an Eidgah adding to the beauty of the town.

References

Cities and towns in Cachar district