{"id":95871,"date":"2026-04-01T10:48:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T05:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=95871"},"modified":"2026-04-01T10:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T05:19:10","slug":"mikir-hills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/mikir-hills\/","title":{"rendered":"Mikir Hills, Geography, Location, and Cultural Significance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Mikir Hills are a small hill range located in the northeastern part of Assam, near the Kaziranga National Park. They are often called the \u201c<\/span><b>Eldest Son of the Karbi Anglong Hills<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d due to their geological connection. The hills are mostly covered with forests and grasslands, and they play an important role in the region\u2019s ecology by supporting diverse plant and animal life. The Mikir Hills are also the source of several rivers and streams that flow into the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/brahmaputra-river-system\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brahmaputra River<\/a><\/strong>. The area is sparsely populated, with local communities relying on agriculture, forestry, and small-scale farming for their livelihood.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Mikir Hills<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Mikir Hills, also known as the <\/span><b>Karbi Plateau<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, are located in Assam, just south of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/kaziranga-national-park\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kaziranga National Park<\/a><\/strong>. They form a detached part of the Meghalaya Plateau.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Geographical Features:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The hills are pear-shaped and cover an area of around 7,000 square kilometers. They feature a radial drainage system with rivers like the <\/span><b>Dhansiri <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>Jamuna <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">flowing through them. The southern sub-range is called the Rengma Hills.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Highest Peak:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The highest point in the Mikir Hills is <\/span><b>Dambuchko<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>People and Culture:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The hills are primarily inhabited by the Karbi tribe (formerly called Mikirs), who have a distinct tribal culture.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Biodiversity:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The region is rich in flora and fauna and is close to Kaziranga National Park, a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/unesco-world-heritage-sites-in-india\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>UNESCO World Heritage Site<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> known for the one-horned rhinoceros.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Geological Importance: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Mikir Hills are part of the Precambrian Indian Peninsula, making them one of Assam\u2019s oldest landforms.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mikir Hills in Assam, near Kaziranga, are forested, geologically ancient, rich in rivers and biodiversity, supporting tribal communities and ecological balance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":95826,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[786],"tags":[4935,5102,6506],"class_list":{"0":"post-95871","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-general-studies","8":"tag-geography","9":"tag-geography-notes","10":"tag-mikir-hills","11":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95871"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95899,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95871\/revisions\/95899"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}