Sonai (Pron:/'sə(ʊ)'nʌɪ) is a town in the Cachar district in the Indian state of

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 ...

. It is also the name of a circle and block in the town. Government of Assam declared it as a municipal area on 2016 with 11 wards. The River Sonai flows through the town of Sonai joining with

Barak 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 before ...

near Dungripar Village of Sonai. The Chandragiri Park and an Archeological site, a temple of

Kachari Kingdom The Dimasa Kingdom also known as Kachari kingdom was a late medieval/early modern kingdom in Assam, Northeast India ruled by Dimasa kings. The Dimasa kingdom and others ( Kamata, Chutiya) that developed in the wake of the Kamarupa kingdom we ...

at Shivtilla (Changutilla) near

Madhab Chandra Das College Madhab Chandra Das College, or M.C.D. College or M.C.Das College or Sonai College, was founded by Alhaj Tajamul Ali Mazumdar(or T. A. Mazumdar or Potol Mazumdar), in 1972. It is situated in Sonai Constituency or the Sonai sub-division, a rural ...

(MCD College) is a famous place to visit.

Geography

It is located 18.5 km from District Headquarters

Silchar Silchar is a city and the headquarters of the Cachar district of the state of Assam, India. It is second largest city of Assam after Guwahati in terms of population and GDP. It is also administrative capital of Barak Valley division. It is locate ...

Demographics

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and Meitei ( Manipuri) are the official languages of this place. As per the 2011 census of India, Sonai had a total population of 324,315, of which 51% were male and 49% were female. Sonai has an average literacy rate of 80%, with a male literacy rate of 54% and female literacy rate of 46%.

Division

There is one Revenue Circle containing 203 Revenue Villages and three Development Blocks: Sonai Development Block, Narsingpur Development Block and Palonghat Development Block.

Education

The institution of Barak Valley like

National Institute of Technology, Silchar National Institute Of Technology Silchar (NIT Silchar or NITS) is one of the 31 National Institutes of Technology, NITs of India and was established in 1967 as a Regional Engineering College in Silchar. In 2002, it was upgraded to the status o ...

Assam University Assam University is a central public university located at Silchar, Assam, India. It was founded in the year 1994 by the provisions of an act enacted by the Parliament of India. Former Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha is the Chancellor, the Gover ...

Campus, and Silchar Medical College and Hospital falls under Sonai (Vidhan Sabha constituency). File:NIT Silchar Guest House.jpg,

File:Entrance To SMCH.jpg, Silchar Medical College

Colleges

* Janata College, Kabuganj, Sonai *Presidency Junior College * Horizon Junior College * A P J Abdulkalam Junior College * Sonai Junior College * Kabuganj Junior College * Barak Horizon Junior College

Schools

Government/Provisionalised Schools * Sonai Nitya Gopal Higher Secondary School * Moinul Hoque Choudhury Higher Secondary School * Sonai Senior Madrassa * Ram Dulal Roy Higher Secondary school * Satkarakandi High School * East Kazidhar High School * Sonai Jubati Singha Manipuri High School * Abid Raja M E school * Sonai Madya Banga School * Bagpur High School * Sonai M E School * Swadhin Bazar High School * Amtola M E School * Monohar Ali High School * 182 No. Sonai Model Primary School * Sonai MV School Private Schools * Holy Light English School * Sonai Adarsha Vidya Niketan * Gyan Kamal Vidyalaya * Iqra Academy * Swadeshi Vidyalaya * Gyan Vikash School * Woodland English School * Pally Unnoyon Vidyalaya * A.K. Azad and F.A. Memorial School * New Millennium English School * Brighter English School * Bidya Bawan * Sonai Vidya Bhavan * Sona Vidya Peet * Sonai Navajyoti Gyanpith

Transport

Air Port

Kumbhirgram - Silchar Airport IATA Code: IXS IATA Code: IXS Address: Silchar Airport, Kumbhirgram Airport Road, Silchar – 788109, Assam

Rail

No railway stations are nearby. However,

Silchar Railway Station Silchar railway station is a railway station situated at Tarapur, Silchar in Assam. The railway station falls under the jurisdiction of the Northeast Frontier Railway zone of the Indian Railways. The railway gauge functioned here is broad gauge ...

is 20 kilometres away.

Road

The national highway NH 306 passes through the town and connects to

Mizoram Mizoram is a states and union territories of India, state in northeastern India, with Aizawl as its Capital city, capital and largest city. It shares 722-kilometres (449 miles) of international borders with Bangladesh to the west, and Myanmar t ...

State and Sonai Road.

Politics

Sonai is part of Silchar Lok Sabha constituency. It is also a part of Sonai (Vidhan Sabha constituency).

Notable people

* Moinul Hoque Choudhury, Former Minister of Industrial Development, Government of India * Aminul Haque Laskar, Deputy Speaker of Assam Leglestive Assembly * Kutub Ahmed Mazumder, Former Member of Legislative Assembly

List of MLA's of Sonai

* 1951:

Nanda Kishore Sinha Nanda Kishore Sinha is an Indian politician who was elected to the Assam Legislative Assembly from Sonai constituency in the 1952 and 1957 Assam Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Indian National Congress The Indian Nati ...

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

* 1957:

* 1962: Pulakeshi Singh,

* 1967: M. M. Choudhury,

* 1972: Nurul Haque Choudhury,

* 1978:

Altaf Hossain Mazumdar Altaf Hussain Mazumdar is an Indian politician who was elected to the Assam Legislative Assembly from Barkhola Assembly constituency, Barkhola constituency in the 1967, 1983 and 1985 Assam Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Indian ...

Janata Party The Janata Party (JP, ) is an unrecognised political party in India. Navneet Chaturvedi is the current president of the party since November 2021, replacing Jaiprakash Bandhu. The JP was established as an amalgam of Indian political partie ...

* 1980: Nurul Haque Choudhury,

* 1985: Abdul Rob Laskar,

* 1991: Badrinarayan Singh,

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* 1996: Anwar Hussain Laskar,

Asom Gana Parishad Asom Gana Parishad (translation: ''Assam People's Council'', AGP) is a political party in the state of Assam, India. The AGP was formed following the historic Assam Accord of 1985 and formally launched at the Golaghat Convention held from 13 t ...

* 2001: Anwar Hussain Laskar,

Samajwadi Party The Samajwadi Party ( SP; ) is a Socialism, socialist political party in India. It was founded on 4 October 1992 by former Janata Dal politician Mulayam Singh Yadav and is headquartered in New Delhi. It is the third-largest political party in ...

* 2006: Kutub Ahmed Mazumder,

* 2011:

Anamul Haque Mohammad Anamul Haque Bijoy (born 16 December 1992) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He is a wicket-keeper and right-handed batsman. He is the first player to score 1000 runs and most runs in a single List-A tournament. Early life His hometown is ...

* 2016: Aminul Haque Laskar,

* 2021:

Karim Uddin Barbhuiya Karim Uddin Barbhuiya, also known by his daak naam (saju) (), is an Indian Politician of All India United Democratic Front from Assam and businessman. He was the General Secretary (Political Affairs) of All India United Democratic Front Centr ...

All India United Democratic Front The All India United Democratic Front (also known as AIUDF and ''Sarva Bharatiya Sanyukt Ganatantric Morcha'') is a political party active in the Indian state of Assam. It is the 3rd largest political party in Assam Legislative Assembly after ...

References

Cities and towns in Cachar district {{Assam-geo-stub