Barpeta
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Place details
- Locality
- Barpeta
- Region
- Assam
- Country
- India
- Population
- 48,824
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Barpeta
- Settlement.other_name
- Tatikuchi
- Settlement.nickname
- Satra Nagari
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Barpeta, Assam.jpg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Assam#India
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Assam, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Assam
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Barpeta
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 35
- Settlement.population_total
- 42649
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- Forestry
- Demographics
- Climate
- Politics
- Transport
- Education
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Barpeta is a town in Barpeta district of the state of Assam in India and is district headquarters. The city is located north west of Guwahati and is one of the major cities 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 . It has an average elevation of 35 metres (114 feet). It is 40 km away from Manas National Park. Three rivers - Chaulkhowa, Mora Nodi (Dead River) and Nakhanda, both of which are tributaries to Brahmaputra run through the town.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Barpeta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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