Barkura Explained

Barkura
Other Name:Borkura
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:India Assam#India
Pushpin Map Caption:Map of Assam
Coordinates:26.4507°N 91.4266°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Assam
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Nalbari
Subdivision Type3:Subdivision
Subdivision Name3:Nalbari
Subdivision Type4:Gram Panchayat
Subdivision Name4:Paschim Batahgila
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:3516
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Assamese
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:781335
Area Code Type:STD Code
Area Code:03624
Blank Name Sec1:Census code
Blank Info Sec1:303897
Pushpin Map Alt:Nalbari district
Area Total Ha:470.27

Barkura, also spelled as Borkura, is a census village in Nalbari district, Assam, India.[1] As per the 2011 Census of India, Barkura has a total population of 3,516 including 1,827 males and 1,689 females with a literacy rate of 79.41%.[2]

Barkura village has a markable history in the Assam Movement, where the movement participants tried to stop Abida Begum from filing her nomination for the Barpeta constituency.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Nath . Hemanta Kumar . Assam: Girl makes Tiktok video minutes before killing self in Nalbari . 26 July 2022 . India Today . 16 June 2020 . en.
  2. Web site: POPULATION BREAKUP AS PER CENSUS-2011 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220703045835/https://nalbari.gov.in/sites/default/files/swf_utility_folder/departments/nalbari_epr_amtron_in_oid_2/this_comm/pub_nalbari.pdf . 3 July 2022 . 4 July 2022 . Government of Assam Nalbari District.
  3. Book: Bora, S. . Student Revolution in Assam, 1917-1947 : A Historical Survey . Mittal Publications . 1992 . 978-81709-9332-2 . 1st . New Delhi, India . 100 . en.