Riverside border town and a vast wetland
Sribhumi — the name Rabindranath Tagore gave this land — was officially renamed from Karimganj in November 2024. Its main town faces Bangladesh across the Kushiyara river, and Son Beel is one of the biggest wetlands in Assam.
5 sights and experiences.
Often described as Asia’s second-largest seasonal wetland: a huge lake after the monsoon that becomes paddy fields in winter. Sunset boat rides are magical.
In 1857 soldiers who had risen against the British made a stand on this small hill at Latu. Their graves remain, the North East’s only battlefield of that great revolt.
Ruins of a Mughal-era fort on the bank of the Barak near Badarpur.
Stand on the Karimganj bank and Bangladesh is just across the Kushiyara. An old canal, the Natikhal, still curls through the town centre.
October to March. Son Beel is a sea of water just after the monsoon and turns into fields in late winter.
By airSilchar Airport — about 70 km.
By trainKarimganj Junction, with trains to Silchar, Guwahati and Agartala.
By roadAbout 330 km from Guwahati by road, and about 55 km from Silchar.
