Badarpur 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.
Badarpur | |
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Town | |
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Coordinates: 24.9°N 92.6°E / 24.9; 92.6 | |
Country | ![]() |
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 | Badarpuri (Bodorpuri/Bodorfuri) |
Languages | |
• Official | Bengali |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
ISO 3166 code | IN-AS |
Vehicle registration | AS-10 |
After the Conquest of Sylhet in 1303, a disciple of Shah Jalal known as Adam Khaki migrated and settled in present-day Deorail, Badarpur. Along with him Syed Shah Badaruddin settled in Bundashil area of present day . Badarpur is also very much popular in the valley because of its geographical point of view. Now a days it has become the centre for various educational institutions including higher education like B.pharm,D.pharm etc. at Allama TR college of Pharmacy which is located at Hasanpur,Srigauri Hospital Road.
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.
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
As of 2011[update] 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
Islam is the dominant religion in Badarpur followed by Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Jainism.[3]
Religion in Badarpur railway town (Assam) (2011)
Badarpur is part of Karimganj (Lok Sabha constituency).[4] At present the MLA of Badarpur is Abdul Aziz.[5]
Badarpur Fort .[6]
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Municipal corporation | Guwahati |
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