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Tura is a town and a municipality in West Garo Hills district in the Indian state of Meghalaya. One of the largest towns in Meghalaya, Tura is a valley located at the foothills of the Tura Hills and right below the Tura Peak. The climate in Tura is moderate throughout the year and has a large number of interesting and unexplored areas. The native god Durama was believed to reside in the hills. The name Tura is said to be a corruption (by the British) of the god’s name. Tura is a cultural and administrative centre of the Garo tribes.
‘Tura’ is popularly believed to be the abode of ancient tribal god ‘Dura’. ‘Tura’ is thus supposed to have originated from the word Dura. It is the second largest town of Meghalaya. Located 340 KM away from the state capital Shillong, it is the District Headquarters of West Garo Hills, and also the divisional Head Quarters of Garo Hills Division comprising three districts, namely West Garo Hills, East Garo Hills and South Garo Hills. A National Highway NH-51, the rail head at Krishnai in Assam, waterway at Phulbari on the western front of West Garo Hills District and a proposed airport at Jengjal at a distance of 127 KM, 67 KM and 36 KM respectively connects Tura to the other two District Head Quarters of Garo Hills Division, namely Williamnagar, East Garo Hills and Baghmara, South Garo Hills.
Tura is strategically located with the district boundary alongside the international border with Bangladesh and the interstate border with Assam. Border trade with Bangladesh and trade linkages with the western Assam districts as well as North Bengal offers enormous scope to the town to emerge as the regional urban centre in the western periphery of North East India. As of now, the town has been serving as the regional urban centre of the entire Garo Hills Division.
Tura is located approximately along 90°: 9’:30” – 90°:19’:00 longitude and 25°:33’:30” latitude and has average altitude of 1300 meters above sea level. Tura town lies at the foot of Tura Peak, which has an altitude of 1412 meters above sea level and forms the main landmark dominating the eastern boundary of the town.
Tura is largely inhabited by Garo tribes with a section of non tribal populace although it is slowly assuming a cosmopolitan nature with various other tribes and non tribal people pouring into the town as it grows. The growth of the town is being propelled by the expansion of service sector which brings with it in migration from different communities. Tura’s population is pre-dominantly inhabited by the Garos, a tribe with a matrilineal society belonging to the Bodo family of the Tibeto-Burman race tribes. Other indigenous inhabitants are the Hajongs, Rabhas, Koches, Rajbansis, Meches, Kacharis and Dalus. Tura is also inhabited by Bengalis, Assamese, Nepalese, Marwaries, Biharis and people from other parts of India.
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