About Karimganj

Karimganj Town (Bengali: ) is a town in the Karimganj District of the Indian state of Assam. It is the administrative headquarter and main town of the district. Karimganj town is located on the northern fringe of the district adjoining Bangladesh , flanked on two sides by the Kushiyara River and Longai river, Karimganj town is located just on the Bangladesh border with the river Kushiara flowing in between. One prominent feature of the place is a long and winding canal called Noti Khal meandering across the town. Earlier, it used to be a connecting river way between Kushiara and Longai facilitating river communication and also balancing of water-levels between the two rivers. Now, however, this canal has been blocked at several places through embankments and land-fills to pave way for road transport and construction works. The distance of Karimganj town from Guwahati - the state capital of Assam - is approximately 330km by road and about 350km by rail. Distance of other...