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{{Short description|Town in ASSAM}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Lumding
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = Assamese/Hindi<ref>[[Assam]]</ref>{{Circular reference|date=October 2020}}
| official_name =
| other_name =
| nickname =
| settlement_type = Town in Assam
| image_skyline = File:Front of Lumding Junction railway station.jpg
| image_alt = White train station building with wide steps leading up to the entrance and a sign reading "Lumding Jn." in large, red letters.
| image_caption = Lumding Junction Railway Station
| pushpin_map = India Assam#India
| pushpin_label_position = left
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Assam, India
| coordinates = {{coord|25.75|N|93.17|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flagu|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = [[Assam]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts in India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Hojai district|Hojai]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
| named_for =
| government_type =
| governing_body = Lumding Municipality Board
| leader_title1 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]
| leader_name1 = [[Sibu Misra]] ([[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]])
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_rank =
| area_total_km2 =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 125
| population_total = 31,347
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym =
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| blank1_name_sec1 = Official language
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/assam-assembly-accords-associate-official-language-status-to-bodo-2345750 |title=Assam assembly accords associate official language status to bodo|date=30 December 2020|website=NDTV}}</ref>
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 782447
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = +91-3674
| registration_plate = AS
| website =
| iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-AS]]
| footnotes =
}}
'''Lumding''' (Pron:/lʌmˈdɪŋ/) is a city with a [[municipal board]] in [[Hojai District]] in of [[Assam]] state in [[India]]. It is notable as the location of [[Lumding Junction railway station]], a major hub for India's [[Northeast Frontier Railway]] network.

==Etymology==

The word 'Lumding' owes its roots to a couple of [[Dimasa language|Dimasa]] words 'Lama' and 'Ding' connoting 'straight pathway'. The word ''Lumding'' is also believed to be from karbi words 'loom' means the 'water from cloud' and 'ding' meaning 'scarcity or Nil'. There's another Railway station adjacent to it with the same root word "Lama" (Path), it is [[Lamasakhong]] (Valley of the small pathways) which is just a few kilometers away from Lumding.

==History==

Over the years Lumding has developed into township. The railway township had always enjoyed scant rainfall during the rainy season every year, although the trend has significantly altered over the past few decades. Lumding was also used as a radar station during World War II by the British.

==Transport==

===Railway===

[[Lumding railway division]] is famous for being the biggest divisional headquarters of the [[Northeast Frontier Railway]] and the biggest junction in the North-Eastern part of the country. The town is also the gateway to the visually enchanting [[Lumding–Sabroom section|Lumding-Badarpur hill-tract]] between Lumding and [[Badarpur, Assam|Badarpur]]. The track has been included as a [[UNESCO World Heritage Site]].

{{stnlnk|Lumding Junction}} is an important railway junction and railway division in the Northeast Frontier Railway as it connects [[Tripura]] to [[Assam]]. It used to have both [[metre gauge]] and [[broad gauge]]. The BG line is of [[Guwahati–Lumding section|Guwahati–Lumding–Dibrugarh Town]] and the MG line was the [[Lumding–Sabroom section]]. Now BG line is made from [[Silchar]]/[[Sabroom]] via Lumding to [[Kolkata]] as new constructions. MG lines are now completely replaced with BG.

'''Roadways'''

Lumding is connected by [[National Highway 27 (India)|NH 27]] four-lane, which starts at Porbandar, Gujarat ends at Silchar (6 hrs.journey) via Lumding. Guwahati (2.5 hrs. journey) connected near Borghat Roundabout which is 5 km apart from Nagaon Sadar. State Highway 329 connects Lumding to Diphu (District Headquarter of Karbi Ang Long East).

Lumding, Lanka, Doboka, Hojai, Bheluguri, Borghat. Borghat Roundabout has four diversions to Guwahati, towards Lumding-Silchar, towards Tezpur and towards Nagaon.

Lumding-Silchar four-lane further diverted to Numuligarh near Doboka.

== Education ==

The town Lumding has a number of secondary schools and high schools like '''Lumding Assamese High School, Saraswati Gurukul High School, Pranabananda Vidyamandir, Railway Higher Secondary School, Don Bosco High School, B.M.B high school, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Dakshin Lumding Vidya Niketan, Pranab Vidyapith, National Higher Secondary School, East Lumding High School, Bir Kanaklata L.P. School, BLBSDV Hindi High School, Shankar Dev School''' etc. Preschools like kidzee are also there. Institutes of dance, music, martial arts, drama, mental education like chess etc are also very known here these days and the instructors of these institutions are also nationally claimed.

The town has the oldest established college named [[Lumding College]], established in 1959, affiliated to the [[Gauhati University]] and newly opened "Womens' College", which is under Bharat Sevashram Sangha.

Apart from primary education, Lumding town is also a place for coaching centres for competitive exams of medical, engineering, banks, polytechnic, UPSC, SSC etc. Computer institutes are also abundant in number.

== Politics ==

Lumding is part of [[Nowgong (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>

Biresh Mishra and Debesh Chakraborty was the eminent political leader from the place during 70s, 80s, 90s and 2k.

== Religion ==
According to the official census of 2011, Lumding has a population of 31,347 in which Hinduism is the majority religion in Lumding followed by around 30,479 peoples. Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism have a negligible population in Lumding.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/india/assam/|title=Assam (India): Cities and Towns in Districts - Population Statistics, Charts and Map|website=www.citypopulation.de}}</ref>
{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Religion in Lumding (2011)
|label1 = Hinduism
|value1 = 97.23
|color1 = Orange
|label2 = Islam
|value2 = 1.45
|color2 = Green
|label3 = Christianity
|value3 = 0.41
|color3 = Red
|label4 = Buddhism
|value4 = 0.39
|color4 = Blue
|label5 = Sikhism
|value5 = 0.26
|color5 = Yellow
|label6 = Jainism
|value6 = 0.20
|color6 = Violet
}}

== Geography, cultures, and people ==

{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Languages spoken in Lumding town (2011)<ref>https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16T/DDW-C16-TOWN-STMT-MDDS-1800.XLSX {{Bare URL spreadsheet|date=April 2022}}</ref>
|label1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
|value1 = 87.22
|color1 = Orange
|label2 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
|value2 = 6.58
|color2 = Blue
|label3 = [[Nepali language|Nepali]]
|value3 = 2.63
|color3 = Red
|label4 = [[Assamese language|Assamese]]
|value4 = 3.57
|color4 = green
}}

Lumding is a mixture of town, village and city. On the path to [[Upper Assam]], Lumding enjoys a hilly, subterranean landscape with dense reserve forests bounding it from all sides. In the south of it are the magnificent [[North Cachar Hills]].

[[Haflong]], The only hill station of [[Assam]] is a close destination from Lumding. The region sports small rivers through its hilly terrain and are beautiful to watch during the rainy seasons. Rivers form a major part for the agricultural practices in Lumding and nearby villages to it.

Lumding is a place of almost all indian religions and languages. People are very friendly and helpful. Festivals like [[Bihu]], [[Durga Puja]], Sitala Puja, [[Janmashtmi]], [[Magha Purnima]], [[Ratha Yatra]], Van mahotsav, [[Eid al-Fitr|Eid]], [[Christmas]], [[Buddha Purnima]] or ([[Vesak]] in other countries), [[Baisakhi]] etc festivals of different religions are also celebrated grandly.

==Climate==

Hills of Lumding puts it to a notable altitude from the sea level, but summers here can burn you up to 40 °C and the winters can be as chilling as 4-5 °C with fog and mist intervening in the early hours of the day. Monsoon is a notable season here, with rainfall around 60–125mm at an average. But its hills and altitude prevents any flooding in the region during heavy monsoon.

Climate here is favorable for vegetation and agriculture of tropical fruits and vegetables. Fruits like coconuts, pineapple, jack-fruit, papaya, banana are grown here. Cucumber, potatoes, cabbages and other green vegetables are common agricultural vegetables here.

{{Weather box
| location = Lumding (1971–2000, extremes 1948–1992)
| metric first = Yes
| single line = Yes
| Jan record high C = 33.3
| Feb record high C = 33.9
| Mar record high C = 38.5
| Apr record high C = 41.9
| May record high C = 41.9
| Jun record high C = 42.0
| Jul record high C = 38.5
| Aug record high C = 39.0
| Sep record high C = 37.2
| Oct record high C = 36.2
| Nov record high C = 33.0
| Dec record high C = 31.0
| year record high C = 42.0
| Jan high C = 23.9
| Feb high C = 27.5
| Mar high C = 30.9
| Apr high C = 32.3
| May high C = 32.6
| Jun high C = 33.3
| Jul high C = 33.4
| Aug high C = 33.5
| Sep high C = 32.7
| Oct high C = 31.8
| Nov high C = 28.2
| Dec high C = 25.9
| year high C = 30.6
| Jan low C = 8.1
| Feb low C = 10.4
| Mar low C = 14.4
| Apr low C = 18.7
| May low C = 21.0
| Jun low C = 23.7
| Jul low C = 24.2
| Aug low C = 24.2
| Sep low C = 23.3
| Oct low C = 20.9
| Nov low C = 15.3
| Dec low C = 9.9
| year low C = 17.9
| Jan record low C = 2.1
| Feb record low C = 2.8
| Mar record low C = 7.2
| Apr record low C = 5.0
| May record low C = 10.0
| Jun record low C = 16.5
| Jul record low C = 16.1
| Aug record low C = 15.0
| Sep record low C = 20.0
| Oct record low C = 13.0
| Nov record low C = 8.3
| Dec record low C = 4.4
| year record low C = 2.1
| rain colour = green
| Jan rain mm = 10.0
| Feb rain mm = 23.3
| Mar rain mm = 52.8
| Apr rain mm = 85.9
| May rain mm = 120.1
| Jun rain mm = 227.8
| Jul rain mm = 205.8
| Aug rain mm = 203.3
| Sep rain mm = 174.3
| Oct rain mm = 99.4
| Nov rain mm = 30.3
| Dec rain mm = 6.2
| year rain mm = 1239.2
| Jan rain days = 0.8
| Feb rain days = 2.1
| Mar rain days = 4.1
| Apr rain days = 7.4
| May rain days = 8.9
| Jun rain days = 11.5
| Jul rain days = 11.2
| Aug rain days = 11.1
| Sep rain days = 8.9
| Oct rain days = 5.4
| Nov rain days = 2.0
| Dec rain days = 0.7
| year rain days = 74.0
|time day = 17:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| Jan humidity = 84
| Feb humidity = 79
| Mar humidity = 77
| Apr humidity = 83
| May humidity = 85
| Jun humidity = 86
| Jul humidity = 86
| Aug humidity = 87
| Sep humidity = 87
| Oct humidity = 89
| Nov humidity = 89
| Dec humidity = 88
|year humidity = 85
|source 1 = [[India Meteorological Department]]<ref name=IMDnormals>
{{cite web
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20200215220604/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/Climatological%20Normals%20%281971-2000%29.pdf
| archivedate = 15 February 2020
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/Climatological%20Normals%20%281971-2000%29.pdf
| title = Station: Lumding Climatological Table 1971–2000
| work = Climatological Normals 1971–2000
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = October 2011
| pages = 465–466
| accessdate = 17 February 2020}}</ref><ref name=IMDextremes>
{{cite web
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205042509/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| archivedate = 5 February 2020
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| title = Extremes of Temperature & Rainfall for Indian Stations (Up to 2012)
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = December 2016
| page = M27
| accessdate = 17 February 2020}}</ref>
}}

== See also ==
* [[Lumding (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Lumding Vidhan Sabha]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Lumding| ]]
[[Category:Cities and towns in Hojai district]]

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Ajay Kumar at 20:24, 25 August 2023