Tirap Gaon, Ledo

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Tirap Gaon, Ledo
village
Nickname: 
Colliery
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Tirap Gaon, Ledo
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Tirap Gaon, Ledo
Tirap Gaon, Ledo (India)
Coordinates: 27°19′0″N95°49′0″E / 27.31667°N 95.81667°E / 27.31667; 95.81667 Coordinates: 27°19′0″N95°49′0″E / 27.31667°N 95.81667°E / 27.31667; 95.81667
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Assam
District Tinsukia
Elevation
333 m (1,093 ft)
Languages
  Official Assamese
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
786182
ISO 3166 code IN-AS
Vehicle registration AS
Coastline0 kilometres (0 mi)

Tirap Gaon, Ledo also known as Tirap Colliery, [1] is a small village in Margherita Tehsil in Tinsukia District of north-eastern state Assam, India. It is located around 3 km away from nearest town Ledo, 11 km away from sub-divisional town Margherita and 60 km away from district headquarter Tinsukia. Tirap Gaon is connected to Makum by National Highway 38 (old numbering).

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The Indian census counts Tirap Gaon as two villages: No.1 and No.2. [2]

This place is known for opencast coal mining since 1983 [3] under North Eastern Coalfields, a unit of Coal India Limited. [4] In 2018–2019, an international team of researchers discovered fossil impressions of two previously unknown species of bamboo ( Bambusiculmus tirapensis and Bambusiculmus makumensis ) in the Tirap coalmine. These fossils date back to about 25 million years ago, falling in the late Oligocene period. This discovery strengthened the theory that bamboo came to Asia from India and not from Europe. It also challenged the previous hypothesis that Asian bamboo spread from the Yunnan region of China to India. [5]

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References

  1. "Map of Tirap Colliery".
  2. District Census Handbook: Tinsukia District (PDF). Directorate of Census Operations, Assam. 2011. p. 552. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  3. "Welcome to North Eastern Coalfields, Margherita, Assam".
  4. "Welcome to NEC under Coal India Limited".
  5. Pacha, Aswathi (5 October 2019). "India is home to Asia's oldest bamboo". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 8 October 2019.