Hojai
Sign in to saveHojai is a town and a municipal board in Hojai district in the Indian state of Assam. It is located on the banks of the two tributaries of Brahmaputra, namely Kapili and Jamuna.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Hojai
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_caption
- Aerial view of Hojai town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Assam#India
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Assam, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Assam
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Hojai
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipal
- Settlement.governing_body
- Hojai Municipality Board
- Settlement.leader_title1
- MLA
- Settlement.leader_name1
- Ramkrishna Ghosh (BJP)
- Settlement.leader_title2
- Chairman
- Settlement.leader_name2
- Chaturthi Rani Biswas (BJP)
- Settlement.leader_title3
- Vice-Chairman
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Hojai is a town and a municipal board in Hojai district in the Indian state of Assam. It is located on the banks of the two tributaries of Brahmaputra, namely Kapili and Jamuna.
==Etymology== The term Hojai means Priest in the Dimasa language and is also one of the clans of the Dimasa people, who populated the settlement during its initial formation.
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