Kalabari is a locality in the tehsil/ mandal of Pub-Chaiduar in the Biswanath district of Assam. Kalabari Pincode is 784178 With 26.84991 Latitude and 92.56791 Longitude. Kalabari is around 311 km from state capital Dispur. It is surrounded by: Lower Arunachal Pradesh, Rangajan on its north; Hawajan, Ghuriya gaon and Pisola on its east; Brahmaputra on its south; River Dubia in its west. Kalabari has five panchayat with a total population of 27,052 according to population census 2011. The Panchayats are namely East Kalabari, West Kalabari, Kalabari, North Kalabari and South Kalabari.
Origin of Kalabari Name
There are many tales that are prevailing with the origin of the name Kalabari: 1. During the reign of Chutia King Dharmanarayan, Kalabari was the capital of the state. King Dharmanarayan started establishing different projects for the development of the state. The king was very happy to see that all the projects were completed on time with their work and art. Hence, King Dharmanarayan kept the name Kala-purna gram or Kalap gram. Later with the passage of time this words transformed into Kalabri.
Tribes and community
People of Kalabari are either from Mongolians or Aryan race. It is the dwelling place different tribes of Mongolians, Deori, Chutia, Ahom, Bodo, Karbi, Nishi, Nepali, Brahmins, Goshai, kaibatra, Mahanta, Koch, Kalita, Sut, Motok and Mishing. All these community combine together to form a composite culture in Kalabari.
Kalabari Bihu
Bihu of Dologuri, Kalabari is famous among the entire Assam ever since its history. In 1680, Sargodeu Rajeshwar Singha under the supervision of Kirtichandra Borbaruah built a dol at Dologuri Satra. From the starting of Chot month people start practicing Bihu in the field of this Dologuri Satra. After the start of Assamese New Year in Bohag month, the field is filled with the local and non-local people for Bihu celebrations and it ends on around 8th or 9th day of Bohag. On the last day, the young girls play bihu under a big tree in an open field and take blessings for the wellbeing of the society and March forward without looking back. This is called Bihu Bondha or Bihu Uruwa. Another attraction of Dologuri Bihu is the ‘Hepu’ performance. According to old people, the birth of Hepu is said to be due to the pressure of domestic problem some people are kept away from Bihu, later on due to desire of uncontrollable mind, they come running for long distance causing shortness of breath or dyspnea which are being used as a peculiar form of Bihu song which is been called as ‘Hepu’, indigenous only to Dologuri Bihu. After independence of India, with the revolution of time bihu environment too got transformed. The bihu under the tree of Dologuri got transformed into Bihu mela. From, 1963 Bihu competition of invited bihu teams started. Taking Dologuri as an example, many Bihu melas were organized in other parts of Kalabari. In this regard, the Bihu mela organized in 1968 by "Sadou Kalabari Bohagi Mela" is very well known. With reference to the Bihu melas in kalabari many Bihu teams were formed viz. ‘Dologuri, ‘Shilpi Shainik’, Mornoiporiya’, ‘Pasuwa’, ‘Dhumuha’, ‘Borluitporiya’ etc. With the current of time, the Bihu teams of kalabari was able to get established in National and international level. In 1995 South Asian games organized at Madras, the team of Kalabari was able to represent Assam and the north-east in both the inauguration and closing ceremony and to establish Assamese Bihu into international level. Moreover, by accumulating the entire selected artist from different Bihu teams of ‘Kamdev Satra’ cultural team many a times performed outside Assam.
Historical monuments
; Basudev Doul Basudev Doul is a doul which was constructed during the reign of Ahom king Rajeshwar Singha, as cited by historian Benudhar Sharma. This doul lies near the Khator gaon, which falls under the Gohpur Revenue circle. Kirti Chandra Borboruah supervised the construction of this doul. ; Sri Sri Dakshinpat Sattra ; Sri Sri Kamdewal Sattra ; Dhandi Doul ; Borkalika Than ; Difalu Sattra
Education
Kalabari has several different educational institutes in its locality, including most prominently: ;Kalabari College With an ambition of giving higher education to those educationally deprived people of Kalabari, a few humble citizens of this region established this college in 1992, with the support of the neighboring population. Since its inception, it has produced students who has excelling in a variety of fields. Now it is affiliated to Gauhati University under UGC:2f status. ;Chaiduar B.Ed College ;Kalabari M.V. School ;Kalabari Higher Secondary School ;Kalabari Girls High School ;Pachim Kalabari Higher Secondary School ;Dakshin kalabari Higher Secondary School ;Kasturba M.V. School ;Kasturba High School ;Rupjyoti High School ;Dilapakhara High School ;Sakura High School ;Kalabari Sankardev Sishu Vidya Niketon
