Nagaon (previously Nowgong), is a city and a municipal board in Nagaon district in the Indian state of Assam. It is situated 121 kilometres (75 mi) east of Guwahati. It has a population of 147,231.
In education section, total literates in Nagaon city are 98,068 of which 52,690 are males while 45,378 are females. Average literacy rate of Nagaon city is 93.43 percent of which male and female literacy was 98.58 and 88.08 percent.
Nagaon city is governed by Municipal Board which comes under Nagaon Urban Agglomeration.It is currently the 4th largest city of Assam in terms of both population and area covered after Guwahati,Silchar and Dibrugarh.
Education
Modern education was first introduced in the district by Christian missionaries, such as Miles Bronson and Nathan Brown in the nineteenth century. Anandaram Dhekial Phukan, a major figure in Assamese literature, spent the better part of his life in Nagaon, and the Assamese intellectual Gunabhiram Barua worked in Nagaon for about two decades.
Schools
The Nowgong Mission High School, established by Miles Bronson in 1846 is the oldest school in Assam. It also has the third oldest government school in Assam, the Nowgong Government Boys' Higher Secondary School, established in 1865. Another old school is the Dawson Higher Secondary & Multipurpose School. Kendriya Vidyalaya Nagaon, Loyola High School and Christ Jyoti School are regarded as the best English medium schools among the residents of Nagaon. Best Hindi school is Marwari Hindi High School situated near Haibargaon Bazar.
Prominent English Medium Schools:
Front view of the main entrance of Nowgong Mission High School, the oldest school of Assam
Kendriya Vidyalaya, Nagaon
Christ Jyoti School
Nowgong Mission High School
St. Ignatius Loyola English Medium High School
St. Antony's High School
Little Flower School
Model English School
Nagaon English Academy
Sandipani Vidyamandir
Riverdale Academy
Other Schools of Repute:
Nagaon Shankardev Vidya Niketon
National Academy Nagaon
Nowgong Government Boys' Higher Secondary School
Nowgong Government Girls' Higher Secondary School
Nagaon Bengali Boys' Higher Secondary School
Nagaon Bengali Girls' Higher Secondary School
Government Urban Basic School
Dawson Higher Secondary and Multipurpose School
Om Prakash Jajodia Girls' Hindi High School
Marwari Hindi high School
Navaroop jatiya vidyapith
Haibargaon Adarsha High School
Colleges
At present, there are about 25 colleges, of which probably the most renowned are
Nowgong College
A.D.P. College (named after Anandaram Dhekial Phookan)
Khagarijan College (named after the old administrative headquarters of Nowgong District)
Nowgong Girls' College
Nowgong Law College
Nagaon G.N.D.G. Commerce College
Pioneer Arts College
College of Education, Nagaon
Besides these there are a number of junior colleges that have sprung up in Nagaon. Some of them have made a mark for themselves by bagging the top positions in the State Higher Secondary exams. As such many students from the neighboring districts also come to study in these colleges. Some of these are
Ramanujan Junior College
Concept Junior College
Renaissance Junior College
Alpha Beta College (Jr.)
Kalong-Kapili Vidyapith Junior College
Kalongpar Vidyapith Junior College
Bharali's Academy Junior College
Nagaon Junior College
Srimanta Sankardev Junior College
Madhabdev Junior College
Geetanjali Junior College
Dronacharya Junior College
Chanakya Junior College
Matrix Junior College
Dimension Junior College
Gyanpith Junior College
CV Raman Junior College
Dr. S.R.K. Junior College
Anandaram Baruah Junior College
Kamala Kanta Barua Junior College
Nonoi Junior college
Abhigyan Junior college
Assam Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital
The Assam Homeopathic College is situated in Haibargaon, Nagaon. The institute was established in the year 1968. It is the first homeopathic medical college of the entire North East India.
Nowgong Polytechnic
Nagaon is also home to Nowgong Polytechnic, one of the oldest technical education institutes in Assam.
The College of Fisheries, the only college of its kind in the entire northeastern India, is located in Raha and comes under the academic management of Assam Agricultural University in Jorhat.
University
Nagaon is home to the prestigious Mahapurusha Srimanta Sankardeva Viswavidyalaya, which offers postgraduate and doctorate level courses.
Important Localities
1.Dhing Gate 2.Haibargaon 3.Santipur 4.Laokhowa Road 5.Chandmari Road 6.Samaddar Patty 7.Bara Bazar 8.Daccapatty 9.Natun Bazar 10.Juria 11.Itachali 12.Christian Patty 13.Panigaon 14.Amolapatty 15.Mukut Sharma Chariali 16.Bengali Patty 17.Fauzdari Patty 18.Chinapatty 19.Morikolong 20.Kachulukhuwa 21.Khutikatia 22.Lakhinagar 23.Tarun Phukan Road 24.Senchowa 25.Prem Nagar 26.Dimaruguri 27.Uriya Gaon 28.Borghat 29.Chokitup 30.Moukhuli 31.Dipholu 32.Hatichung 33.Jajori 34.Maj Jajori 35.Dhing 36.Dakshinpat 37.Pathori 38.Nonoi
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagaon_district
