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{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{More citations needed| date= January 2021}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Basugaon
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = as
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| settlement_type = Town
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Assam, India
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| subdivision_type = Country
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Assam]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Chirang district|Chirang]]
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| governing_body = Basugaon Municipal Board
| unit_pref = Metric
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| elevation_m = 47
| population_total = 27350
| population_as_of = 2019
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| demographics1_title1 = Official
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 783372
| registration_plate = AS-26 (Chirang) AS-19 (Bongaigaon)
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'''Basugaon''' (IPA:ˈbɑːsʊˌgɑ̃ʊ) is a Town in [[Chirang district|Chirang]] District of [[Assam]], India. The name of this town is derived from its high bamboo plantation and bamboo market basically "basu" or "bash" means bamboo and "gaon" means village that is Basugaon, 'The village of bamboo'. It is an industrial town and a [[municipal board|Municipal Board]] area. It is a neighbourhood of [[Bongaigaon]] UA, and it is situated approximately 180 km from [[Guwahati]] City in the western part of the Lower Assam Region.

==Popular temples==
* Raja Thakur Mandir
* Kali Bari,chalk bazar
* Govinda Mandir
* Ram Krishna Ashram
* Gouria Math
* Shiv Bari.
* Pagla Bastav, Bijoygaon
* Basugaon Shasan Kali Mandir.
* Durga Bari
* Satsang Kendra, Basugaon, Rajacharang.
* Basugaon Bhutiapara Shive Mandir, Basugaon

==Education==

===Schools===
There are a good number of schools, but those providing secondary education are few.
Renowned among them are:

# Basugaon Higher Secondary School
# Netaji Subhas Vidyanekitan Higher Secondary School, Basugaon (Subhas Nagar)
# Raja Ajit Narayan Dev Girls' High School, Goglapara, Basugaon
# St. Xaviers Residential School, Nichinapara, Basugaon
# St. Francis Convent School, Nehalgaon, Basugaon
# Vivekananda Budsland Academy, Basugaon
# Bijoygaon High School, Bijoygaon, Basugaon
# Ganpith Jatia Vidyalaya, Basugaon
# Geolang High School, Ranchaidham, Basugaon
# JNV, Kokrajhar
# Gurukul National Senior Secondary School, Basugaon
# Kidzee
# Basugaon J.B. School

===Colleges===
* Basugaon College
* Acharya Junior College
* Basugaon Junior College
* Gurukl National Senior Secondary School, Basugaon

==Transport==

===Rail===
Basugaon falls under the [[Northeast Frontier Railway]] zone of the [[Indian Railways]]. There are two stations in Chirang District – Basugaon and Bijni. Basugaon Station is the nearest station for New Bongaigaon Jn. is considered to be the [[Adarsh]] Station of India (a railway flyover is under construction).

===Roadways===
[[National Highway 31 (India)|National Highway 31]] connects Basugaon with the states [[Bihar]], [[Jharkhand]] and [[West Bengal]]. [[National Highway 37 (India)|National Highway 37]] from [[Goalpara]] in Assam to [[Dimapur]] in [[Nagaland]] traverses the entire length of Assam and connects Basugaon with almost all the major cities of Assam including the cities of [[Jorhat]] and [[Dibrugarh]]. National Highway 31C connects Basugaon to Guwahati and National Highway 37 also connects Basugaon with Guwahati.
* Basugaon-Kashikotra Road (Towards NH-)
* Basugaon-Kokrajhar Road (via Salakati)
* Basugaon-Bongaigaon Road (via Dangtol)
* Basugaon-Talguri Road (Towards NH-)

==Demographics==
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|title=Religion in Basugaon
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{{bar percent|Hindu|orange|87.50}}
{{bar percent|Islam|green|10.07}}
{{bar percent|Christianity|blue|2.00}}
{{bar percent|Others|red|0.88}}
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|title=Ethnic Groups in BASUGAON
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{{bar percent|Bengali|green|43.83}}
{{bar percent|Assamese|blue|40.47}}
{{bar percent|Santhal|red|15.70}}
}}
{{Clear}}

== Localities in Basugaon ==

* '''[[Subhash nagar, Basugaon|Subhash nagar]] '''
* [[Chok Bazar, Basugaon|Chok Bazar]]
* [[Gogla para, Basugaon|Gogla para]]
* [[Bhutia Para]]
* [[Ram Krishna Ashram Road]]
* [[Garu bazar]]
* [[Nichinapara]]
* [[Nehalgaon]]
* [[sishumagal]]
* [[Ranchaidam]]
* [[Bijoygaon]]
* [[Basugaon main road]]
* [[Basugaon Champa]]
* [[Basuagon RAILWAY STATION ROAD]]
* [[Basugaon town committee road]]
* [[Basugaon college road]]
* [[Vivekananda pally]]
* [[Basugaon College Road]]

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==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Basugaon
|North = {{flag|Bhutan}}
|Northeast =
|East = [[Bongaigaon district]]
|Southeast = [[Bongaigaon district]]
|South = [[Dhubri district]]
|West = [[Kokrajhar district]], [[Assam]]
|Northwest =
}}
{{Assam}}

{{Authority control}}

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

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Kamal Guha at 01:17, 6 August 2023