Golaghat district covers the total area of 3502 sq. km. and is located 100 meter above the sea level. It lies between 93° 16' East to 94° 10' East Longitude and between 25° 50' north to 26° 47' North Latitude. The district is bounded by Brahmaputra River on the North, Jorhat, Nagaland on the East, Karbi Anglong and Nagaland state on the South and Naogaon, Karbi Anglong on the West Golaghat district is an excellent tourist destination with its world-renowned Kaziranga National Park, tea gardens, dense forests, and old temples. The total population of the district ahs been recorded as 9,46,279 comprising of 4,90,286 males and 4,55,993 females. The economy of Golaghat district is chiefly dependent on agriculture. Crops grown in the district are Sugarcane, and Tea, Rice. Numaligarh Refinery is the only significant heavy industries located in the district.

Tea industry is one of the major industries of Golaghat. 20000MT of tea are produced every year by 63 Tea gardens of the region. The region is very rich in flora and fauna. A popular reserve forest of the region is Nambor Reserve Forest which has many species of plants like Acanthephipium Sylhetense, Angiopteris Evecta, Balanophora Diica, Anoectochilus Sikkimensis, Dischidia Rafflesiana, D' Khasiana, Drosera Burmanii, Vanilla Pilifera and Schizaea Digitata. Kaziranga National Park is famous all over the world for its diverse fauna like Swamp Deer, White wing Wood Duck, Turtle and Tortoise, Great Indian Hornbill, Butterflies, Honeybee, Pigtail Macaque, Slow loris, Chinese Pangolin Water Buffalo, Rhino, Indian Elephant etc.

Some of the popular tourist places in Golaghat district are:

Neghereting Shiva Mandir
Kaziranga National Park
Uncle Robin's Children Museum
Deopahar Ruins, Numaligarh
Garampani

Last Updated on 10 January 2011