Kharsang

Kharsang
town
Kharsang Show map of Arunachal Pradesh Kharsang Show map of India Location in Arunachal Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 27°19′N 95°54′E / 27.32°N 95.90°E / 27.32; 95.90Coordinates: 27°19′N 95°54′E / 27.32°N 95.90°E / 27.32; 95.90
Country	India
State	Arunachal Pradesh
District	Changlang
Elevation	200 m (700 ft)
Population (2001)
• Total	9,508
Languages
• Official	English
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	792122
Telephone code	91-3807
Vehicle registration	AR 12
Nearest city	Tinsukia
Website	www.changlang.nic.in

Kharsang is a circle under the Miao sub-division of Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh. The inhabitants of the district are mainly Tangsa tribe. The district is insurgency affected.Tea plantations being the main source of income for the locals.

Connectivity

The nearest airport is 135 km, situated at Mohanbari in Dibrugarh district of the neighbouring state of Assam. The nearest railway station is at Ledo in Assam. The town is connected by road to the district headquarters at Changlang and is 140 km by road from Dibrugarh which is the nearest big city. A proposal to extent broad gauge railway track from Ledo to Kharsang through Lekhapani was on and survey was announced in 2009 railway budget.