Goalpara
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Goalpara is a human settlement in India that serves as the capital of Goalpara district. Located in the state of Assam, the town sits at an elevation of 35 meters above sea level. Its postal code is 783101, and it uses the local dialing code 3663. The area operates in the UTC+05:30 time zone.
Population figures for Goalpara vary by source, with estimates ranging from 53,430 to 56,162 residents. The settlement is situated at coordinates 26.17, 90.62. It is described in the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.
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Place details
- Locality
- Goalpara
- Region
- Assam
- Country
- India
- Population
- 53,430
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Goalpara
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Homestead in Goalpara.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- A Goalpara Assam homestead
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Assam#India
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- 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
- Goalpara
- Settlement.governing_body
- Goalpara Municipality Board
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 35
- Settlement.population_total
- 53,430
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Goalpara district
- Population
- 56162
- Elevation
- 35
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Capital of
- Goalpara district
- Image
- River Transport in Goalpara.jpg
- Dialing code
- 3663
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- postal code
- 783101
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Etymology
- Geography
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- Notable people
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Goalpara () is a city and the district headquarters of Goalpara district, Assam, India. It is situated to the west of Guwahati.
==Etymology== The name Goalpara is said to have originated from the word "Gwaltippika" meaning Guwali village, or "the village of the milk men" (Yadav). In local dialect, "para" means village.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Goalpara” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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