Katakhal is a town and railway station in

Hailakandi Hailakandi (pron:ˈhaɪləˌkʌndi) is a town and the district headquarters of Hailakandi district in the Indian state of Assam. Hailakandi is located at . Demography Bengali and Meitei ( Manipuri) are the official languages of this place. ...

tehsil of

Hailakandi district Hailakandi district is one of the 35 districts of Assam state in north-eastern India. It makes up the Barak Valley alongside Cachar and Karimganj. It was constituted as a civil subdivision on 1 June 1869. Subsequently, it was upgraded to a dis ...

in the

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

state State most commonly refers to: * State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory **Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country **Nation state, a ...

Assam Assam (, , ) is a state in Northeast India, northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra Valley, Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . It is the second largest state in Northeast India, nor ...

. The village is named after the

Katakhal River The Barak River or Barbakro or Agu flows through the states of Manipur, Mizoram and Assam in India. It flows into Bangladesh where it bifurcates into the Surma river and the Kushiyara river which converge again to become the Meghna river befor ...

which originates in Bhairabi after three other rivers merge. The river ends at Kalinagar Village falling into Barak river. The Hailakandi district is one of the three districts of Southern Assam in the Barak Valley.

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and Meitei ( Manipuri) are the official languages of this place.

Bairabi Sairang Railway

Indian Railways Indian Railways is a state-owned enterprise that is organised as a departmental undertaking of the Ministry of Railways (India), Ministry of Railways of the Government of India and operates India's national railway system. , it manages the fou ...

has already converted the current 84 km railway from Assam to

Bairabi Bairabi is a census town in Kolasib district in the state of Mizoram, India. Demographics As of the 2011 Census of India, Bairabi had a population of . Connectivity Bairabi is currently the only major railhead of Mizoram, connected wi ...

2 km inside Mizoram. Its 51.38 km long

Bairabi Sairang Railway Bairabi is a census town in Kolasib district in the state of Mizoram, India. Demographics As of the 2011 Census of India, Bairabi had a population of . Connectivity Bairabi is currently the only major railhead of Mizoram, connected with ...

extension from

Sairang Sairang is a town in the Aizawl district of the Indian state of Mizoram. Due to its proximity with Aizawl city, it acts as a satellite town of the city. History After the British invasion of 1871-1872, Bengali traders set up the first marketpl ...

(20 km north of

Aizawl Aizawl (, American English, US: , British English, UK: ; Mizo language, Mizo: ), formerly known as Aijal, is the capital city and the most populous city of Mizoram, India. It is also the third largest city in northeast India. It is situated ato ...

) in Mizoram is under construction with target completion date of March 2019. In August 2015, Indian Railway completed a survey for a possible new route extension from Sairang to

Hmawngbuchhuah Hmawngbuchhuah is a village in Lawngtlai Block in the Lawngtlai district in the Indian state of Mizoram. Geography It is sited 147 km from the state capital, Aizawl. It lies on the India-Myanmar border. It is 4 km South of the District headqua ...

Hmawngbuchhuah location map
/ref> on Mizoram's southern tip on the border of Myanmar, where at nearby

Zochachhuah Zochawchhuah, also spelt Zochachhuah, is a village on the India-Myanmar border in Lawngtlai Block of Lawngtlai district in the state of Mizoram in India. It is located 4 km south of the District headquarters Lawngtlai, 10 km from Hmawngbuchhua ...

Zochachhuah location map
/ref> 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.Massive push to railway infrastructure under way in Northeast
/ref>Sanctioned in 2000, broad-gauge train reaches Mizoram after 16 years
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Railway survey in Hmawngbuchhuah

Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project
Cities and towns in Hailakandi district {{Assam-geo-stub