Barpeta

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Barpeta

Total population

100,000

Coordinates26.33°, 91.01°

Demographic figures from Ministry of Statistics (India). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Barpeta is a town in Barpeta district of the state of Assam in India and is district headquarters. The city is located 90 kilometres (56 mi) north west of Guwahati and is one of the major cities in Western Assam. It is also called Satra Nagari of Assam due to the presence of various Vaishnavite Satras in the vicinity. The biggest Holi of Northeast India is celebrated in Barpeta.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Banikanta Kakati

Indian linguist and writer (1894–1952)

B

Bhusana Dvija

Assamese writer

M

Mahendra Mohan Choudhry

Indian politician

Nalini Bala Devi

Assamese-language Indian poet

R

Rohini Kumar Chaudhury

Indian politician

K

Krishna Das

Indian cricketer

A

Arup Das

Indian cricketer

Ranjit Kumar Das

Indian politician

Aimee Baruah

Assamese actress

P

Purushottam Das

Assamese music director

A

Amlanjyoti Das

Indian cricketer

Manoj Kumar Das

Indian musician

Anil Raichoudhury

Writer, social scientist of Assam

S

Sherman Ali Ahmed

Indian politician

P

Prasanta Kumar Das

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Barpeta

Poverty

Phunu Das · 2013

Sattriya culture and Neo-Vaisnavism in Assam

Seminar on "Sattriya Culture and Neo-Vaishnavism in Assam" (1999 Barpeta, India) · 2001

Adoption of new technology in agriculture by tribal and non-tribal farmers

Aftab Uddin Ahmed · 2007

Census of India, 1981. Series 3, Assam

1900

Empowerment of women economically and politically

Jaya Biswas · 2017

Socio-economic conditions of agricultural labourers

Tiken Chandra Das · 2008

Barapeta

2019

Blisters on their feet

Samir Kumar Das · 2008

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Brown-Banded Hunter Hawkmoth

Theretra silhetensis

Seen 2026-08-31

White-throated Kingfisher

Halcyon smyrnensis

Seen 2026-08-14

Common Baron

Euthalia aconthea

Seen 2026-08-02

Asian Koel

Eudynamys scolopaceus

Seen 2026-08-02

Russet Percher

Neurothemis fulvia

Seen 2026-07-26

White Cheesewood

Alstonia scholaris

Seen 2026-07-20

Common Owl Moth

Erebus macrops

Seen 2026-06-15

Common Myna

Acridotheres tristis

Seen 2026-06-06

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

Seen 2026-06-06

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).