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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Amguri
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = as
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| settlement_type = town
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Assam, India
| coordinates = {{coord|26.810|N|94.523|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Assam]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Sivasagar district|Sivasagar]]
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| governing_body = Amguri Municipal Board
| leader_title = Present M.L.A
leader_name = Anjan Dutta(INC)
altitude = 74
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| population_total = 8002
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Assamese language|Assamese]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 785680
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'''Amguri''' (IPA: æmˈgʊərɪ) is a town and municipal area committee in [[Sivasagar district]] in the state of [[Assam]], [[India]].

==Geography==
Amguri is located in the state of [[Assam]], near the border of Nagaland, in north-east India. It has an average elevation of 74 metres (242 feet). It is situated on the bank of the river Jhanji and famous for its tea gardens and [[oil fields]].

==Demographics==
At the 2001 [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|work= |publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Amguri had a population of 6944. Males constitute 56% of the population and females 44%, and 11% of the population is under 6 years of age. Amguri has an literacy rate of 75%, higher than the national literacy average of 59.5%. In Amguri, 55% of the male and 45% of the female population are literate.

== Transport ==

=== Rail ===
Amguri falls under the [[Tinsukia railway division]] of the [[Northeast Frontier Railway]] zone.

=== Road ===
Amguri is connected to the neighbouring towns by the [[National Highway 2 (India)|National Highway-2]]( Mokokchung-Amguri Road) which falls under the renumbered North- South Highway system<ref>Poornima Rajendran (28 April 2010). Rationalisation of Numbering Systems of National Highways (PDF). ''circular''(Report). [[Department of Road Transport and Highways]]. Archived from the original (pdf) on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.</ref><ref>Rationalisation of Numbering Systems of National Highways(PDF) (Report). New Delhi: [[Department of Road Transport and Highways]]. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2012</ref> and the [[Dhodar Ali|Dhodar Ali Road]]. A good volume of traffic to and from the neighbouring towns traverse through Amguri on [[National Highway 2 (India)|NH-2]]( Mokokchung-Amguri Road) to the Indian state of [[Nagaland]].

== Notable educational institutions ==
*Auniati Hemchandradev Higher Secondary School (Science and Commerce stream only at 10+2 level)
* Amguri Girls High School
*[[Amguri College]]
* National Academy(Junior College)
*Don Bosco High School
*Pengera Girls High School
*Jnan Bikash VidyaPith
*Arunodoi Academy

==Politics==
Amguri Town is part of the 103rd [[Amguri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Amguri Legislative Assembly]]. [[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]'s [[Prodip Hazarika]] is the current MLA of this constituency. Amguri is part of the [[Jorhat (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S03/AS_ACPC.pdf
|title=List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies
|accessdate=2008-10-06
|work=Assam
|publisher=Election Commission of India
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060504181808/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S03/AS_ACPC.pdf
|archivedate=2006-05-04
}}</ref>

==Health==
* Amguri town has one CHC.

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Municipalities of Assam}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Sivasagar district]]
[[Category:Sivasagar]]

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