Centre Details

Kahikuchi: Assam Agricultural University (AAU), Jorhat, Assam

Year of establishment: 1985

General information

The Centre is located near Lakapriya Gopinath Bordoloi Airport (Borjhar) and about 17 km away from Guwahati city. Geographically, Kahikuchi is situated on the 26.30 N latitude, 91.70E longitude and 64 m above the mean sea level. The soil of the centre is mainly alluvial clayloam with pH ranges - 4.5 -5.5. The area receive an annual rainfall of about 1200- 1800 mm and hot-humid during summer Periodic dry spell generally occurs from November to March. The maximum and minimum temperature ranges from 190-350 C and 50-260 C, respectively. The soil fertility status of the centre is in the medium range having N= 264.8 kg/ha, P2O5 = 20.6 kg/ha and K2O = 126.1 kg/ha.