Rowta Chariali is a small town located in Udalguri district of

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

, one of the North Eastern States of India, South East Asia connected to NH-15. Rowta is located in

Udalguri district Udalguri district (Pron:ˌʊdʌlˈgʊəri), also known as Odalguri, is a district in the Bodoland Territorial Region of the state of Assam in Northeastern India. Udalguri town is the headquarters of the district. Etymology The name Udalguri, deno ...

under the jurisdiction of

Bodoland The Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR), informally Bodoland, is an autonomous region and a proposed state in Assam, Northeast India. It is made up of five districts on the north bank of the Brahmaputra river below the foothills of Bhutan and Aru ...

Territorial Council which controls the Bodoland Territorial Region. Rowta is located along the bank of the River Dhansiri.

Politics

Rowta is a part of

Mangaldoi Mangaldai (); also spelt Mangaldoi is a small town in the Indian state of Assam. It was named after Mangaldahi, who was the daughter of the Rajah of Darrang and was married to Susenghphaa (), (also Pratap Singha), a ruler of the Ahom kingdom. ...

(Lok Sabha Constituency). Dilip Saikia is at present MP of Mangaldoi Lok Sabha Constituency. He is currently the national General secretary of

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the List of ruling p ...

. Again, Rowta is a part of Majbat Assembly Constituency and at present Charan Boro of Bodoland Peoples' Front (BPF) party is MLA of the Constituency.

Geography

Rowta is located at .

Transportation

Rowta is connected with a Railway Station namely Rowta Bagan and approx distance is about 2.5 Kms to the north direction from Rowta Chariali. Rowta Bagan Railway Station is a station on Rangia-Murkongselek section under Rangia Railway Division of

Northeast Frontier Railway Zone The Northeast Frontier Railway (abbreviated NFR) is one of the 19 railway zones of the Indian Railways. It is headquartered in Maligaon, Guwahati in the state of Assam, and responsible for operation and expansion of rail network all across N ...

with services to important cities of the State like

Guwahati Guwahati (, ; formerly rendered Gauhati, ) is the biggest city of the Indian state of Assam and also the largest metropolis in northeastern India. Dispur, the capital of Assam, is in the circuit city region located within Guwahati and is the ...

Tezpur Tezpur () is a city and urban agglomeration in Sonitpur district, Assam state, India. Tezpur is located on the banks of the river Brahmaputra, northeast of Guwahati, and is the largest of the north bank cities with a population exceeding 100, ...

, Rangapara,

Biswanath Chariali Biswanath Chariali (IPA: ˌbɪswəˈnɑːθ ˈtʃɑːrɪˌælɪ) is a city and a municipal board in Biswanath district in the state of Assam, India. This city is the district headquarters of Biswanath district, which was created on 15 August 2 ...

Dhemaji Dhemaji (Pron: deɪˈmɑ:ʤi or di:ˈmɑ:ʤi) is a City in Assam and it is the headquarters of Dhemaji district, Assam, India. Etymology The district's name ''Dhemaji'' is derived from the Deori word ''Dema-ji'' which means ''great water'' indi ...

etc. Also bus services is served by the government owned

Assam State Transport Corporation Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur to t ...

, Bodoland Transport Services and many private bus operators along

, Rowta to

Kokrajhar Kokrajhar () is a town in the Bodoland Territorial Region, an autonomous territory in Assam, one of the North Eastern states of India. Kokrajhar town is located along the bank of the river Gaurang. The North East Indian Railways divides the ...

via

Tamulpur Tamulpur district, was an administrative district in Bodoland Territorial Region of Assam, one of the North-Eastern states of India. The administrative headquartered at Tamulpur. In 2021, the Cabinet of Assam, headed by Chief Minister Himant ...

Academic

The town has several school and colleges within the town are like Danda Saharia Higher Secondary School, Joy Bhadra Hagjer Memorial High School, Rowta Junior College, Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya, Sacred Heart School, North East Public School,Rowta Station High School etc.

References

Villages in Udalguri district {{Assam-geo-stub