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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Jhanji
| other_name = Jhanzi<br>Jaji
| nickname =
| settlement_type = Village, Semi-town
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| pushpin_map = India Assam#India
| pushpin_label_position = left
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Assam, India
| coordinates = {{coord|26.8479|N|94.4916|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]], [[Jorhat district|Jorhat]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
| named_for =
| government_type =
| governing_body = Mourabazar Gaon Panchayat, Jakaisuk Gaon Panchayat, Jhanji Hanhchara, Tamulisiga, Jarabari
| leader_title = Present M.L.A
leader_name = Pradip Hazarika(AGP)
altitude =
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| population_as_of = 2001
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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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 = 785683
| registration_plate = AS04, AS03
| website =
}}

'''Jhanji''' is a small semi-rural area situated in [[Sivasagar]] and [[Jorhat]] districts. The river [[Jhanji River]] divides these two districts.

== History ==
The river Jhanji is famous from the time of Ahom kingdom in Assam. It physically divides [[Jorhat]] and [[Sivasagar]] districts of Assam.The word Jhanji is an Assamese compound word. In Assamese, Jhanji means "jhanjori kohiyua nodi"; the river which flows waste products of flood. In the time of flood it carries away trees, mud, etc. So it was named as Jhanji.

In old [[bihu]] songs such as [[Jibon Jaji noi]] and [[Jhanji noi eribo nuwaru]], the Jhanji river is mentioned. [[Tamulichiga]], Bhogamukh, and Khonamukh are three famous places on the banks of the Jhanji river.

== Geography ==
Jhanji is located at 26.894N94.420E

== Transport ==
The [[National Highway 37 (India)|National Highway 37]] passes through Jhanji and connects it to the other places of Assam. [[Jorhat Airport]] is the nearest airport from Jhanji. The [[National Highway 61 (India)]] runs from [[Kohima]], the capital of the state of [[Nagaland]] and ends at Jhanji.
<ref>{{cite web | url = http://morth.nic.in/showfile.asp?lid=367 | title = National Highways Starting and Terminal Stations | accessdate = 2012-12-02 | publisher = Ministry of Road Transport & Highways}}</ref>
{{infobox road
|country=IND
|type=NH
|route= 61
|map=National Highway 61 (India).png
|map_notes=Road map of India with National Highway 61 highlighted in blue,from Kohima to Jhanji}}

== Politics ==
Jhanji is part of the 103rd Amguri Legislative Assembly.
Jhanji 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>

== Educational institutions ==
=== Colleges ===
*[[Jhanji Hemnath Sarma College]], Jhanji Jamuguri
*Ghana Kanta Borah College, Tamulichiga
*Hanhchara Junior College, Jhanji Hanhchara
=== Schools ===
*Jhanji Higher Secondary School
*Chandradhar Gogoi Shankardev Shishu Vidya Niketan
*Jhanji Girls High School
*Jhanji Hanhchara High School
*Jarabari High School

==Notable Personalities==
*Tirthanath Sarma, renowned litterateur of Assam, former president of Assam Sahitya Sabha, Makum venue.
*[[Satyendranath Sarma]], famous Assamese litterateur, former president of Assam Sahitya Sabha, [[Titabor]] venue.
*Kapil Thakur, Assamese lyricist, he wrote some famous Assamese songs like 'Maya Mathu Maya' etc. Father of Zubeen Garg.
*[[Zubeen Garg]], his ancestral home is at Jhanji Tamulisiga.
*[[Binanda Chandra Barua]], known as Dhwanikabi, his workplace was Jhanji HS school. He wrote the famous poem 'Rangoli Burhir Daan' in memory of an Ahom soldier 'Rangamua' of Jhanji Jamuguri.
*Jagannath Mahanta, notable Satriya dancer, research scholar.
*Chitralata Phukan, renowned Assamese writer.

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Villages in Sivasagar district]]

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