Badarpur, Assam

Badarpur
Badarpur; ꠛꠖꠞꠙꠥꠞ
	Town
	Badarpur Location in Assam, India Badarpur Badarpur (India)
	Coordinates: 24.9°N 92.6°E
Country	India
State	Assam
District	Karimganj
Founded by	Hazrat Shah Badar
Government
• Body	Badarpur Town Committee
Elevation	16 m (52 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	33,400
Demonym(s)	Badarpuri (Bodorpuri/Bodorfuri)
Languages
• Official	Bengali
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code	IN-AS
Vehicle registration	AS-10

Badarpur (Bengali: বদরপুর, Sylheti: ꠛꠖꠞꠙꠥꠞ) is a town and a town area committee in Karimganj district in the state of Assam, India. Badarpur. Together with adjacent Badarpur Railway Town, it forms the Badarpur Urban Area, one of two notified urban areas in the district. The area is also popularly known as "Gateway to the Barak Valley" of Assam.

History

After the Conquest of Sylhet in 1303, a disciple of Shah Jalal known as Adam Khaki migrated and settled in present-day Deorail, Badarpur.

The railway junction under the Northeast Frontier Railway, the Badarpur Junction is the first railway station in the valley. It was first enacted and introduced by the then British Government under metre gauge rail lines from Badarpur to Lumding in 1898.

Geography

Badarpur is located at 24.9°N 92.6°E / 24.9; 92.6.[1] It has an average elevation of 16 metres (52 feet). Badarpur is surrounded by river Barak on the north, Barail hill range in the east and southeast and villages and paddy field in the west

Demographics

As of 2011 India census,[2] Badarpur had a population of around 33400 consisting of Town Committee, Railway Township and Chapar Census Town. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Badarpur has an average literacy rate of 84%, higher than the national average of 79.5%. 10% of the population is under 6 years of age. As of 28 March 2016, the population of Badarpur stands around 1,50,000

Religion

Hinduism is the dominant religion in Badarpur followed by Islam, Buddhism, Christianity, Jainism

Religion in Badarpur railway town (Assam) (2011)

Hinduism (96.95%)

Islam (1.73%)

Buddhism (0.73%)

Christianity (0.46%)

Jainism (0.01%)

Politics

Badarpur is part of Karimganj (Lok Sabha constituency).[3] At present the MLA of Badarpur is Jamal Uddin Ahmed.[4]

Tourism

Badarpur Fort .[5]

References

Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Badarpur
"Census of India 2012: Data from the 2011 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
"List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Assam. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2006. Retrieved 5 October 2008.
"Badarpur Constituency". goassam.com. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
"Mughal Era Badarpur Fort in Assam to Be Restored". Outlook: The Fully Loaded Magazine. Archived from the original on 9 November 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2019.

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[1] Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Badarpur

[2] "Census of India 2012: Data from the 2011 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.

[3] "List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Assam. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2006. Retrieved 5 October 2008.

[Badarpur_Constituency-4] "Badarpur Constituency". goassam.com. Retrieved 27 October 2016.

[5] "Mughal Era Badarpur Fort in Assam to Be Restored". Outlook: The Fully Loaded Magazine. Archived from the original on 9 November 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2019.