Raha, Assam

Raha is a small town in Nagaon district of Assam, India, situated near the National Highway 37. The river Kolong and Kopili flows near Raha. Raha is also situated near to Chaparmukh, a small town popularly known for Chaparmukh junction, one of the prominent railway stations in Nagaon district.

School

 * Raha Higher Secondary School
 * Raha Girls High School
 * Raha Adarsha Sarkari Nimna Buniyadi Abhyaxon Vidyalaya
 * Pranjal Memorial Academy
 * Raha Adarsha Shishu Bikash Kendra
 * Pandit Gopinath Bordoloi High School
 * Sankardev Sishu Vidya Niketan Raha.
 * St. Basil's Academy, Chaparmukh.

Junior College

 * Raha Resonance Junior College

College

 * Raha College
 * College of Fisheries Science, Raha

Politics
Raha is part of Nowgong (Lok Sabha constituency). Present MLA of Raha Vidhan Sabha constituency is Sashi Kanta Das from Congress.

Notable people

 * Gopinath Bordoloi, first chief minister of Assam. He was born in Raha. His house has been converted to a museum with his personal items, clothes, letters to and from notable politicians of his age, like M K Gandhi. This museum, maintained by the government of Assam, is open to the visitors every day except holidays.
 * Banwari Lal Hansaria, former judge of the Supreme Court of India, hails from Raha.