Chanmaguri
Village in Assam, India
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Chanmaguri (Sonmaguri in ancient times, Chanmaguri in the modern era) is a village in India and is located in the Rangia mandal/tehsil, Kamrup district, Assam. Rangia is the nearest town (12 km) and Guwahati is the nearest city (30 km) from Chanmaguri.
Etymology
In ancient times the village was known as Sonmaguri.[citation needed] Sonmaguri derives its name from the Assamese words meaning gold and meaning one type of rice, golden colour rice (Paddy). After the revolution of time, Sonmaguri changed to Chanmaguri.[citation needed]
Agriculture
Coordinates of Chanmaguri village are 26°04′49″N, 91°33′35″E/ 26.0802867°N, 91.5596117°E. Various types of plants are cultivated in this village but mainly produced various types of rice, vegetables, oil, etc.
Climate
Chanmaguri has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cwa), falling just short of a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw). The average annual temperature is 24.2 °C with extremes ranging from 40.6 °C recorded on 24 April 2014 to 3 °C recorded in January, 1964.
Transport
Chanmaguri is accessible through National Highway 31 and Hajo-Guwahati State Highway. All major private commercial vehicles play between Chanmaguri and nearby towns. Nearest Railway station are Rangia Railway station and Guwahati Railway station.
