Barpeta Road
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| Barpeta Road | |
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| Country |  India |
| State | Assam |
| District(s) | Barpeta |
| Population | 35,281 (2001[update]) |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
Barpeta Road is a city and a municipal board in Barpeta district in the state of Assam, India. It is one of the most important business places of Assam.
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[edit] Location
Barpeta Road is situated Near Guwahati(Distance-130 KM). It is situated in western Assam, Dist HQ of Barpeta.
[edit] Demographics
As of 2001[update] India census,[1] Barpeta Road had a population of 35,281. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Barpeta Road has an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 57% of the males and 43% of females literate. 11% of the population is under 6 years of age. There are several educational schools and colleges like St. Mary's High School,Shree Hindi High School, Gopinath Bordoloi High School,Dr-K.K.das girls high school, Sajanikanta Higher Secondary School, Dronacharya Academy, G.L.C.College, B.H. College; a few km from it is situated Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Barpeta. Barpeta Road Railway station is the nearest station, connecting the way to go to the National Wildlife Sanctuary, Manas National Park.There are several Free Homeopathy Clinics(Hospital) like Tulsi Swasthy Kendra
[edit] Prominent personalities of the town
Raja Choudhury,Bhaben Choudhury,Sr. Elsy,Amit Chowdhury, Dr. Amrita Saha, Sudip Dutta, Dr. Tarun Roy Chaudhury, Dr. Swapan Choudhury,Ranjeet kumar Dass, Swapan Kumar Das (Art),Abhijeet Choudhury,,Atish Agarwal, Dr. Narayan Das, Dr. Girish Chandra Das, Anupam Borah, Mr.Shariful Alam Khan, Rupanjit Das, Biprajit Sarkar, Simanta Pradip Choudhury, Amit Agarwal (Engg), Dr. Shyamal Agarwal, Dr.Biswjit Saha (Ph.D), Dr.Ashok Basak(Ph.D),vadaima; Gopal Agarwal (Bangalore)
[edit] References
- ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
Coordinates: 26°30′N 90°58′E / 26.50°N 90.97°E
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