Barkura

Barkura Borkura
Village
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Coordinates: 26°27′03″N91°25′36″E / 26.4507°N 91.4266°E / 26.4507; 91.4266
Country	India
State	Assam
District	Nalbari
Subdivision	Nalbari
Gram Panchayat	Paschim Batahgila
Area
• Total	470.27 ha (1,162.06 acres)
Population  (2011)
• Total	3,516
• Density	750/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Assamese
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Postal code	781335
STD Code	03624
Census code	303897

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 Ahmed from filing her nomination for the Barpeta constituency. ^[3]

References

1. Nath, Hemanta Kumar (16 June 2020). "Assam: Girl makes Tiktok video minutes before killing self in Nalbari". India Today. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
2. "POPULATION BREAKUP AS PER CENSUS-2011" (PDF). Government of Assam | Nalbari District . Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
3. Bora, S. (1992). Student Revolution in Assam, 1917-1947 : A Historical Survey (1st ed.). New Delhi, India: Mittal Publications. p. 100. ISBN   978-81709-9332-2.