Barpeta Road
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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.
, better known as Athiabari, Barpeta Road has 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 very a few educational schools and colleges like St Joseph's High School, St. Mary's High School, Manas Valley Academy, Marian School, Shree Hindi High School, Gopinath Bordoloi High School, Dr-K.K.das girls high school, Sajanikanta Higher Secondary School, Ramdhenu Academy(private), Dronacharya Academy (private college), G.L.C.College. A few km from Barpeta Road Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya a central government school is there. Barpeta Road Railway station is the nearest station. The River Beki passes through Barpeta Road city. The city is the gateway to Manas National Park which is situated only at a distance of 18 km from it. Manas National Park habours 55 mammals, 36 reptiles and 450 species of Birds and has the unique feature of having most number of Endangered species found in India.
Barpeta District
Barpeta district is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. The district headquarters are located at Barpeta. The district occupies an area of 3245 km² and has a population of 1,642,420 .-History:...
in the state of Assam
Assam
Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country...
, India
India
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. It is one of the most important business places of Assam.
Location
Barpeta Road is situated Near Guwahati (Distance-130 KM). It is connected with Guwahati with local trains and take approximately 2 and half hours to reach there. It is situated in western Assam,(lower Assam)27 Km far from Dist HQ of Barpeta. Barpeta Road (Dist-Barpeta) is one of the important place in lower Assam and is the place for ideal trade and commerce, it is said to be the trade town of Barpeta District.Demographics
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, better known as Athiabari, Barpeta Road has 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 very a few educational schools and colleges like St Joseph's High School, St. Mary's High School, Manas Valley Academy, Marian School, Shree Hindi High School, Gopinath Bordoloi High School, Dr-K.K.das girls high school, Sajanikanta Higher Secondary School, Ramdhenu Academy(private), Dronacharya Academy (private college), G.L.C.College. A few km from Barpeta Road Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya a central government school is there. Barpeta Road Railway station is the nearest station. The River Beki passes through Barpeta Road city. The city is the gateway to Manas National Park which is situated only at a distance of 18 km from it. Manas National Park habours 55 mammals, 36 reptiles and 450 species of Birds and has the unique feature of having most number of Endangered species found in India.