Nam Phake Village

The Nam Phake village is the largest of the Tai-Phake villages of Assam. All of the people in this village are Buddhist in religion. The village folk speak a dialect similar to the language in Thailand and still follow the traditional customs and dress code of the great Tai race.The Nam Phake village in Nahorkatia is home to small population of the Tai Phakes community. About 150 Phakial family of this village are keeping alive their unique identity, customs and traditions. It is very good example by the villagers for conservation of Thai Culture as well as Assamese Buddhist culture.
A very beautiful Buddhist Monestry is located in this area. The Nam Phake monastery is one of the oldest and most respected Buddhist monastery of Assam.This Monestry is regarded as a meditation centre, due to its unique natural setting and serene atmosphere. It also serve as a very famous tourist attraction of Assam. Apart from this the other attraction f these area are (Musulinda Tank), Ashoka Pillar, Pagoda, traditional stilt houses.
Tai Phakey is the branch of the great Tai raced that entered Assam in the latter half of the 18th century. The Tai is a generic name denoting a great branch of Mongoloid population of Asia. The Tai people are mainly concentrated in the Indu-Chnese peninsula. The resent habitat of the Tai people extends from Assam in the west to Kwnangsi and Hainan in the east and from the interior of Yunnan in the north of the southern-most extremity of Thailand in the south.
The striking factor of the Nam Phake village is their claim that police have not entered its premises. Its shows how disciplined and well behaved the people of this village are. Any dispute is settled among the people by the monks. The people are not also dependent on modern medical facilities. They rely on herbal method of curing.
It is located at a distance of 6kms from Naharkatia and 37kms from Dibrugarh.