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]