Barpeta (District)

Barpeta district
State	Assam
Administrative headquarters :	Barpeta
Area :	2282 km²
Residents :	1,693,622 (2011)
Population density :	742 inhabitants / km²
Website :	www.barpeta.gov.in

Barpeta is a district in the center of the Indian state of Assam .

The area is 2282 km². The administrative seat is the city of the same name Barpeta .

history

The district was created in 1983 from parts of Kamrup .

population

The population was 1,693,622 (2011). The population growth rate in the period from 2001 to 2011 was 21.43%, which is high. Barpeta has a gender ratio of 953 women per 1000 men and thus a male surplus that is common for India. The district had a literacy rate of 63.81% in 2011 , an increase of almost 6 percentage points compared to 2001. This means that literacy is well below the national average. Almost 70.7% of the population are Muslims , approx. 29.1% are Hindus and approx. 0.1% stated no religious affiliation or practiced other religions. 17% of the population are children under 6 years of age.

Almost 8.7% of the population live in cities.

economy

The economy of the Barpeta district is primarily based on agricultural and forest products.

Web links

Commons : Barpeta District  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• District map

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2011 census (PDF; 398 kB)
2. ^ Indian Districts by Population, Sex Ratio, Literacy 2011 Census. Retrieved April 16, 2019 .