ChatlaWetland: is a seasonal wetland in the state of Assam in India. Chatla is one of the lakes in southern Assam in India. It is situated in the Cachar district, and it is a wetland in Assam state. The specialty of Chatla is that during winter season is becomes fully farmland where Rice cultivation is done and after winter from March onward this piece land gets filled up with water and become a lake.Moreover, this is the main indigenous tea garden labor during British rule. Especially the states of India whose people came from Kolkata, Bihar, Orissa, from about 1850 to 1860. In particular, the two Bengali dialects were dominated by the Bengali Bengali Rari and Jharkhandi who were prominent among them. Jharkhandi Bangla dialect is spoken by people from many communities - Bauri, Roy, Akura, Baghdi, Dutta, Kumar, Kol. Chronologically, from 1961 to 1971, people of different states of Bangladesh began to come to the people of Chaatla Haur and they continued to dominate. The depth of this lake is very less so when there is too much rain then the lake overflows and the excess water channels through the Ghagra river to the Barak river and eventually flows into Bangladesh. Chatla is famous for its fishery and it is one of the producers of fish for all the districts in southern Assam. Chatla produces all types of fish and the specialty of Chatla is its Bhujia fish, Tangra fish. Chatla Wetland is located in the District Cachar of the state Assam. The residents of Chatla are mainly of Bengali, Chatla haor’ is a seasonal wetland where people are engaged in agriculture during the dry period while the wetland act as a fishery during the wet period. Chatla is located near the second largest town of Assam, Silchar. The main language spoken here is Sylheti by the Bengali population. Rice is the staple food and fish, tea is also available.
Geography of Chatla
The climate of Chatla is tropical in nature. The summer is usually hot and humid with heavy rainfall at times. The winter season starts from the month of November and continues till February. The heavy rainfall at Chatla raises flood at times. Chatlar had also seen Four major floods in the year 1986, 1991, 2004 and 2007.
