Margherita Town is situated at longitude 95deg 40 min, 34 sec East at latitude 17 deg 17 min 18 sec North. It has an average elevation of 139.61 m from MDL. Margherita is the oldest industrial township in Assam and headquarter town of one of the largest Civil Sub division of our state. The place is well known as the birthplace of Indian tea, coal and wood-based industry. The Margherita Township presently covers over 26913 as per 2011 census. But the present population of the town is more than double of that. The town urgently requires development of urban amenities including water supply system, solid waste management system, storm water drainage system, schemes for development of roads network and needs creation of infrastructure hub for regional economic cooperation between India, Myanmar and China.