Chandra Kamal Bezbaruah College, Teok is the pioneer of Higher Education in East Jorhat located by the side of the National Highway No. 37 at about 25 Kms. east of Jorhat town. The word Teok comes from the Tai language which means abundance of milk and ghee. This large belt of the eastern part of Jorhat district is mostly inhabited by small agriculturalists and tea garden labourers. A large part of the population of neighbouring areas of the college belongs to Scheduled Castes and Plain Tribe of the Mising community.