Barpeta

Coordinates: 26°19′N 91°00′E / 26.32°N 91.0°E / 26.32; 91.0
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Barpeta
Tatikuchi
Town
UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
781301
ISO 3166 codeIN-AS
Vehicle registrationAS-15
Websitebarpeta.assam.gov.in

Barpeta is a town in

Western Assam
. It is also called Satra Nagari (Temple town) of Assam due to the presence of various Vaishnavite Satras in the vicinity.

Geography

It is located at 26°19′N 91°00′E / 26.32°N 91.0°E / 26.32; 91.0.

Brahmaputra run through the town.[2]

History

The Barpeta was earlier known as 'Tatikuchi', where Tati stands for weaver and Kuchi means cluster of villages in native

Kamarupa Pithas, the ancient divisions of old Kamrup region. In nineteenth century, Barpeta town and adjoining areas became part of Undivided Kamrup district
, as Barpeta subdivision. In 1983, the subdivision attained district status.

Forestry

Barpeta is the gateway to Manas National Park, one of the National Parks of Assam and one of the few tiger reserves of India.

Demographics

Religion in Barpeta Town (2011)[3]

  Hinduism (90.64%)
  Islam (9.25%)
  others (0.11%)

Hindus form the majority of the town's population, but in surrounding area is Muslim people's, followed by Muslims.[3] As of 2011 India census,[4] Barpeta had a population of 42,649. Population of Children within age of 0-6 is 3673 which is 8.61% of total population of Barpeta. The female Sex Ratio is of 1008 against state average of 958. Moreover, Child Sex Ratio in Barpeta is around 994 compared to Assam state average of 962. Literacy rate of Barpeta city is 90.77% higher than state average of 72.19%. In Barpeta, Male literacy is around 94.86% while female literacy rate is 86.73% .

Languages spoken in Barpeta town (2011)[5]

  
Bodo
(2.07%)
  Others (17.61%)

Hindi
are the major languages spoken in the town.

Climate

Barpeta has subtropical climate, with chilly winters and hot humid summers. However, people here can enjoy both winter and hot. On a hot day, sometimes in this city after 35 high C to 39 High C warm.

Climate data for Barpeta
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 28.8
(83.8) 		32.2
(90.0) 		38.4
(101.1) 		39.0
(102.2) 		37.0
(98.6) 		38.3
(100.9) 		36.5
(97.7) 		36.2
(97.2) 		35.8
(96.4) 		34.3
(93.7) 		31.0
(87.8) 		28.1
(82.6) 		39.0
(102.2)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 23.6
(74.5) 		26.2
(79.2) 		30.0
(86.0) 		31.2
(88.2) 		31.2
(88.2) 		31.7
(89.1) 		31.9
(89.4) 		32.2
(90.0) 		31.7
(89.1) 		30.3
(86.5) 		27.6
(81.7) 		24.7
(76.5) 		29.4
(84.9)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 10.3
(50.5) 		12.0
(53.6) 		15.9
(60.6) 		20.0
(68.0) 		22.7
(72.9) 		24.9
(76.8) 		25.6
(78.1) 		25.6
(78.1) 		24.7
(76.5) 		21.9
(71.4) 		16.7
(62.1) 		11.8
(53.2) 		19.3
(66.8)
Record low °C (°F) −2.7
(27.1) 		−0.5
(31.1) 		6.1
(43.0) 		11.1
(52.0) 		16.2
(61.2) 		20.4
(68.7) 		21.4
(70.5) 		22.1
(71.8) 		17.7
(63.9) 		10.6
(51.1) 		5.5
(41.9) 		−0.7
(30.7) 		−2.7
(27.1)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 11.9
(0.47) 		18.3
(0.72) 		55.8
(2.20) 		147.9
(5.82) 		244.2
(9.61) 		316.4
(12.46) 		345.4
(13.60) 		264.3
(10.41) 		185.9
(7.32) 		91.2
(3.59) 		18.7
(0.74) 		7.1
(0.28) 		1,717.7
(67.63)
Average rainy days 1.8 2.9 5.8 13.1 17.0 19.6 22.3 18.5 15.2 7.4 2.8 1.3 127.7
Average
relative humidity
(%) 		79 65 57 68 75 81 83 82 83 82 82 82 77
Mean monthly sunshine hours 226.3 214.7 220.1 201.0 192.2 132.0 124.0 161.2 138.0 204.6 231.0 232.5 2,277.6
Source: World Meteorological Organization

Politics

Barpeta is part of

Barpeta (Lok Sabha constituency).[6]
Indian president
Loksabha in 2019. There 7 nos of Assembly Constituency in the district. Those are Jania, Baghbar, Sorbhog, Sarukhetri, Bhabanipur, Chenga and Barpeta .[8]

Transport

The nearest railway station, airport and port is Barpeta Road, Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport and Dhubri respectively.[9] Barpeta town is connected to

National Highway 31 through Howly
, and National Highway 427 via Hajo-Doulashal connects it to Guwahati.

Education

Barpeta has very good educational environment. The town has produced so many noble figures of Assam. Few of them are Ambikagiri Raichoudhury, Banikanta Kakati, Mahendra Mohan Choudhry and Purushottam Das. Some of the well known higher educational institutions of Barpeta are Barpeta Vidyapith Higher Secondary School, Kendriya Vidyalaya Barpeta,[10] Madhab Choudhury College[11] and Barpeta Girls' College. It also has the fifth medical college of Assam, the Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Medical College and Hospital.[12]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "redirect to /world/IN/03/Barpeta.html". www.fallingrain.com. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Historical Background". Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2009.
  3. ^ a b "C-1 Population By Religious Community". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Census of India 2011: Data from the 2011 Census, including cities, villages and towns". Census Commission of India.
  5. ^ a b 2011 Census censusindia.gov.in
  6. ^ "List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Assam. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2006. Retrieved 5 October 2008.
  7. ^ "Members of Constitutional Assembly".
  8. ^ "About- Wiki Profile of blogger cum marketing guru Main Uddin".
  9. ^ "Barpeta". lumain30.com.
  10. ^ "About Kendriya Vidyalaya Barpeta". Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  11. ^ "About us, M.C. College". Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  12. ^ "Classes start in Barpeta medical college". The Telegraph. Retrieved 20 May 2021.

External links

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