Barak Valley is located in the southern region of the Indian State of Assam. The main city of the valley is Silchar. The region is named after Barak river. The barak valley mainly consists of three administrative districts of Assam State- Cachar, Karimganj, Hailakandi. Among these three states Cachar and Hailakandi belonged to the erstwhile cachar district in British-India, whereas Karimganj belonged to the Syleth district. Karimganj was separated from Sylhet after the 1947 referendem, with the rest of Sylhet falling under East Pakistan and Karimganj under India.the official language of the Barak Valley is Bengali.
