Naharkatia is a old township of Upper Assam. Basically it was famous for Tea industry in British time but after 1952, it becomes to fame for crude oil. In Nations hydrocarbon history Naharkatia declared

as first oil township of India. Naharkatia lies between 27°17′ North Latitude and 95°20′ East Longitude. It’s average elevation is 121 metres. Burhi Dihing, a tributary of Brahmaputra runs through the town. Sasoni Gojpuria, Gabhoru Dolong, Merbill Echo-Tourism, Namphake are beautiful villages a few kilometres away from the town and the lifestyle of the simple villagers is quite eye catching.

Demography- The ULBs has to enter the details regarding the population under that ULB. The ULBs has to enter total population, male population and female population.

According to the 2011 India census, Naharkatia had a population of 18,937 which 9,790 are males while 9,147 are females. Naharkatia has an literacy rate of 87.29% , higher than the state average of 72.19% : male literacy is 91.23%, and female literacy is 83.08%. In Naharkatia, 9.76% of the population is under 6 years of age.

The town is an amalgamation of many communities from different states of India, mainly Assamese, Bengali, Biharii, Gorkhali/nepali and many Marwari and Rajasthani people reside in the town area. A few Punjabi families have also lived in the town for many years.

However, Buddhist descendants of a Mongolian tribe known as Phakials or Tai-Phakes, also reside outside the town . Their village houses a Buddhist monastery and handicrafts woven by them are very beautiful. The monastery is a tourist attraction and is considered to be meditation center in a serene atmosphere. The town is more attractive due to the three tea estates.

There is also few Bodo, Manipuri peoples reside outside the town.

Schools & Colleges- Number of Schools and Colleges in a particular ULB has to be updated in the Unified Portal.

Name of School :

1.      Naharkatia Girls High School

2.      Langharijan T.E. LP School

3.      Sankardev Sishu Niketan

4.      ST. Mary’s H.S. School

5.      ST. Xavier’s English High School

6.      New Academy High School

7.      Naharkatia Jatiya Vidyalaya

8.      Naharkatia New High School

9.      Naharkatia H.S. School

10.   Naharkatia Govt. M.V. School

11.   R.K. Jitani Hindi High School

12.   R.K. Jitani Hindi L.P. School

13.   Bidyamandir High School

14.   Naharkatia Model English School

Transportation/Road Connectivity- The details regarding the transportation and road connectivity has to be updated in the Unified Portal.

Naharkatia is well connected with other parts of the state via road and railway. Daily bus services ply to and from other major towns like Duliajan, Namrup, Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Moran, Sibsagar and Jorhat.