Katakhal

Katakhal is a town and railway station in Hailakandi tehsil of Hailakandi district in the Indian state of Assam. The village is named after the Katakhal River 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.

Katakhal
village
Katakhal
Location in Assam, India
Katakhal
Katakhal (India)
Coordinates: 24.8309°N 92.6143°E / 24.8309; 92.6143
CountryIndia
StateAssam
DistrictHailakandi
District created01-10-1989
Government
 • BodyHailakandi Municipality Board
Area
 • Total1,327 km2 (512 sq mi)
Area rankhhh
Elevation
21 m (69 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total659,260
 • Density497/km2 (1,290/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialBangla
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
788XXX
Telephone code91 - (0) 03844
ISO 3166 codeIN-AS
Vehicle registrationAS-24
Websitehailakandi.nic.in

Bairabi Sairang Railway

Indian Railway has already converted the current 84 km railway from Assam to Bairabi 2 km inside Mizoram. Its 51.38 km long Bairabi Sairang Railway extension from Bairabi to Sairang (20 km north of Aizawl) 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[1] on Mizoram's southern tip on the border of Myanmar, where at nearby Zochachhuah[2] 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.[3][4]

References
  1. Hmawngbuchhuah location map
  2. Zochachhuah location map
  3. Massive push to railway infrastructure under way in Northeast
  4. Sanctioned in 2000, broad-gauge train reaches Mizoram after 16 years


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