Jatia
Jatia is a locality in the city of Guwahati.

Jatia is a locality in the city of Guwahati. It is speculated to be the ancient capital of Assam, known under the name of Pragjyotishpura.
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Worth seeing in and around Jatia
8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Sarusajai Stadium (Guwahati)
The Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, also known as Sarusajai Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium part of the Arjuna Bhogeswar Baruah Sports Complex, in Lokhra locality, Guwahati, Assam, India. Seating 21,600 people, it is the home ground of NorthEast United FC and also of Inter Kashi FC for the season 2025-26 and is used for athletic events.
3.7 km · stadium in India · Wikipedia - 02Assam State Zoo cum Botanical Garden
The Assam State Zoo cum Botanical Garden is the largest of its kind in the North East region and it is spread across 432 acre. The zoo is located within the Hengrabari Reserved Forest at Guwahati, India.
2.3 km · zoo in Guwahati, India · Wikipedia - 03Gauhati Medical College and Hospital
The Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, the second medical college to be established in Assam, is a health care institution. It provides medical education at Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Superspecialty level.
1.6 km · medical college in Assam · Wikipedia - 04Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences
Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences, Guwahati, Assam, India is established in 2009 as per The Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences Act, 2007. The Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences is the only Health Sciences University in the North Eastern Region with its jurisdiction to the whole of Assam.
1.4 km · state public university in Kamrup Metro, Assam, India · Wikipedia - 05Regional Dental College, Guwahati
Regional Dental College, Guwahati is an Indian government dental college under NEC. It was established in 1982 by NEC. It is the first dental college of North-East India. It is situated at Bhangagarh, Guwahati.
2 km · Indian dental college · Wikipedia - 06S B Deorah College
{This is not a complete list of all institutes; only a few are mentioned.}
3.1 km · college in Assam, India · Wikipedia - 07Guwahati City Centre Mall
Guwahati City Centre Mall is a shopping complex located in Guwahati, Assam, India. It is located in Christian Basti and it is also one of the largest malls of Assam and Northeast India.
1.2 km · shopping mall · Wikipedia - 08Omeo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change and Development
Omeo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change and Development is an autonomous Institute situated in Guwahati, Assam. It was established in 1989 under the joint initiative of Government of Assam and Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi.
3.5 km · Omeo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change and Development · Wikipedia
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Getting to Jatia
- Airports
- Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi (GAU), 20 km · Osmany (ZYL), 132 km · Bir Tikendrajit (IMF), 263 km
- Imphal → Jatia334 km · quickest by road, 10h 7m · ₹4,010–5,000
- Siliguri → Jatia319 km · quickest by road, 8h 14m · ₹3,170–3,960
- Kolkata → Jatia328 km · quickest by road, 7h 23m · ₹2,920–3,650
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Jatia
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Jatia. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe hill stations of Shillong and Tura are connected by scheduled helicopter services run by Pawan Hans.
- Get aroundIf you can not go on the river cruise, at least cross the river on the ferry.
- Get aroundFerries provide transport to the local people - they leave the jetty at Fancy Bazar every half an hour and the round trip will take around 45 minutes.
- Go nextMeghalaya state transport provides several buses departing in the morning and also regular shared 7-passenger jeep service for ₹170 (more comfortable than the usual 10-pax Sumo) from the bus terminal south of the train station.
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Next door to Jatia
Jatia is 6 km from Guwahati, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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