Tura (IPA: ˈtʊərə) is a municipality in the West Garo Hills district of the Indian state of Meghalaya.

One of the largest towns in Meghalaya, Tura is located in the foothills of the Nokrek range of Garo Hills.

[1] In the early 19th century, when the British controlled Assam, the Garo Hills were left unadministered owing to the serious malaria in that area.

[1] Nearby popular tourist destinations include Balpakram, Nokrek, Siju Cave and Chitmang Peak.

Baptist Christian missionaries brought education to the Garo Hills in the 19th century, starting the first school in Tura in 1920.

The West Garo Hills district website lists 11 schools and 10 higher education institutions in the town.

[12] On 16 February 2024, a unique Street Library was inaugurated by the Tura MP, Agatha K. Sangma in the Gandrak Dare Falls park.

Funded by Sangma under the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS), the aim of the Street Library is to foster the habit of reading in the people of Tura.

The collections include handicrafs, objects of rituals, domestic articles, weapons, jewellery, musical instruments, costumes, etc.

Traditional Garo food includes boiled rice, different preparations of pork, beef, chicken and dry fish.

Some of the delicacies of Garo food are Na·kam Bitchi (dry fish curry made with chillies and baking soda), Galda Matchu (roselle leaves boiled with beef), Wak Gominda (pumpkin cooked with Pork, chillies and baking soda), Wak Pura (pork cooked with crushed rice or rice flour), Kappa (meat fried with baking soda and boiled with fresh garden spices), Ta·a wakgran (yam with smoked pork, chillies and baking soda), Brenga (meat cooked inside bamboo), We·tepa (meat/fish/vegetables cooked wrapped in banana leaves), Chambil Wak Pura (pomelo cooked with pork and crushed rice), Ta·a wak holdi rasin (pork cooked with yam, turmeric powder, chillies and onions), Kalai do·o (black lentils cooked with chicken), Me·a nakam (bamboo shoot with dry fish), and Me·a wak Pura (bamboo shoot with pork and rice flour).

Recently, daily local newspapers viz., The Tura Times, Janera and Salantini Ku·rang has been disseminating the information to the whole region of Garo Hills and also to parts of Assam (esp.

The main mode of transport is by road, as there are no railways or any scheduled flights from nearby Baljek Airport.