Silchar

Silchar Shilchôr (Bengali)
City
Clockwise from top: Nazirpatty, Silchar city; Silchar Airport, NIT Silchar, Goldighi Mall, Silchar railway station
Nicknames:  The Island of Peace & The City of Love
Silchar Location in Assam Silchar Silchar (India)
Coordinates: 24.82°N 92.8°E / 24.82; 92.8
Country	India
State	Assam
District	Cachar
Region	Barak Valley
No. Of Wards	42
Established	1838
Government
• Type	Municipal Corporation
• Body	Silchar Municipal Corporation
• Mayor	Niharendra Narayan Tagore, BJP
• MLA	Rajdeep Roy, BJP
• MP	Parimal Suklabaidya, BJP
• Deputy Commissioner	Mridul Yadav, IAS
Area
• City	69.49 km2 (26.83 sq mi)
Elevation	22 m (72 ft)
Population  (2011)
• City	172,830
• Density	8,524/km2 (22,080/sq mi)
• Metro	228,985
Demonym	Silcharian
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	788001-788032 & 788118
Telephone code	+91 (0) 3842
Vehicle registration	AS-11
Sex Ratio	943 ♀️/ 1000 ♂️
Climate	Cwa
Official language	Bengali
Associate official language	Meitei (Manipuri)
Literacy Rate	91.05%
Lok Sabha Constituency	Silchar
Vidhan Sabha Constituency	Silchar
Website	www.cachar.nic.in

Silchar is a city and the headquarters of the Cachar district of the state of Assam, India. It is second largest city of Assam after Guwahati in terms of population and GDP. It is located 343 kilometres (213 mi; 185 nmi) south east of Guwahati. It was founded by Captain Thomas Fisher in 1832 when he shifted the headquarters of Cachar to Janiganj in Silchar. It earned the moniker "Island of Peace" from Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India. Silchar is the site of the world's first polo club and the first competitive polo match. In 1985, an Air India flight from Kolkata to Silchar became the world's first all-women crew flight. Silchar was a tea town and Cachar club was the meeting point for tea planters.