Kalgachia is a semi urban town in the Barpeta district

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 Assam

Assam

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, India

India

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. It is 33 kilometres (20.5 mi) west of district headquarters Barpeta

Barpeta

Barpeta is the headquarters of Barpeta district, Assam, India. The city is located about north west of Guwahati.Barpeta is renowned in the Historical map of Assam as the "Land of the Satras"...

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People

Kalgachia is a Mia Muslim (East Bengal rooted Muslim) based town. The census of India shows that 98% people of the people in this town are Muslim. The total population is 29,000 where 17,000 are male and 12,000 are female.

Educational Institute

• Nabajyoti College: a college of science,arts & commerce
• Ataur Rahman College of Education
• K.K. Pathak High School etc.

Prominent persons

Alhaj Abdul Khaleque, Mujafar Ali Bhuyan, Sahab uddin Sarkar, Abdus Sattar Ahmed (retired principal), Sk Isahaque Ali, Muzzamel Hoque, Shazida Khatun (well known teacher and webmaster)

Culture

The people of Kalgachia are mainly Bengali speaking, but the official language is till Assamese. They are sometimes victims of hatred from main stream Assamese people, who believe that they are "illegal infiltrators" from neighbouring Bangladesh. They are very fond of Pollygeet and Jatra Gaan.

Government establishment

• Ruposhi Developement Block
• Kalgachia Police Station
• Block Elementery Education Officer's office