https://indianpedia.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Badarpur_Railway_TownBadarpur Railway Town - Revision history2026-07-31T16:37:21ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.45.4https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=Badarpur_Railway_Town&diff=459512&oldid=prevShondaLemos at 11:14, 28 February 20242024-02-28T11:14:28Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{For|the adjacent town named Badarpur in Karimnagar district|Badarpur, Assam}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2024}}<br />
{{ref improve|date=July 2013}}<br />
{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Badarpur Railway Town<br />
| native_name = <br />
| native_name_lang = <br />
| other_name = <br />
| settlement_type = town<br />
| image_skyline = <br />
| image_alt = <br />
| image_caption = <br />
| nickname = <br />
| pushpin_map = India Assam#India<br />
| pushpin_label_position = <br />
| pushpin_map_alt = <br />
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Assam, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|24|51|44|N|92|33|34|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Assam]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Cachar district|Cachar]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
| established_date = <br />
| founder = <br />
| named_for = <br />
| government_type = <br />
| governing_body = <br />
| unit_pref = Metric<br />
| area_footnotes = <br />
| area_total_km2 = <br />
| area_rank = <br />
| elevation_footnotes = <br />
| elevation_m = <br />
| population_total = 9940<br />
| population_as_of = 2001<br />
| population_footnotes = <br />
| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
| population_rank = <br />
| population_demonym = <br />
| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = <!-- [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] --><br />
| postal_code = <br />
| registration_plate = AS<br />
| website = <br />
| footnotes = <br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]] and [[Meitei language|Meitei]] ([[Manipuri language|Manipuri]])<br />
}}<br />
'''Badarpur Railway Town''' is a [[census town]] in [[Cachar district]] in the state of [[Assam]], [[India]]. Together with adjacent [[Badarpur, Assam|Badarpur Town]], it forms the Badarpur Urban Area, one of two notified urban areas in the district.<br />
<br />
==Demographics==<br />
[[Bengali language|Bengali]] and [[Meitei language|Meitei]] ([[Manipuri language|Manipuri]]) are the official languages of this place.<ref name="BnOff">{{Cite news |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/govt-withdraws-assamese-as-official-language-from-barak-valley-114090901180_1.html |title=Govt withdraws Assamese as official language from Barak valley |agency=Press Trust of India |date=9 September 2014 |work=Business Standard India |access-date=29 January 2018 |archive-date=29 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129195116/http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/govt-withdraws-assamese-as-official-language-from-barak-valley-114090901180_1.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Meitei">{{Cite news |last=Purkayastha |first=Biswa Kalyan |date=24 February 2024 |title=Assam recognises Manipuri as associate official language in four districts |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/assam-recognises-manipuri-as-associate-official-language-in-four-districts-101708770769105.html |work=Hindustan Times |access-date=26 February 2024}}</ref><br />
<br />
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=16 June 2004|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=1 November 2008|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Badarpur Railway Town had a population of 9940. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Badarpur Town has an average literacy rate of 84%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 53% of the males and 47% of females literate. 8% of the population is under 6 years of age. Majority of the population of Badarpur Railway Town is from East Bengal ([[Bangladesh]]) who migrated during and after the partition.<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Cities and towns in Karimganj district]]<br />
[[Category:Karimganj]]<br />
<br />
{{Assam-geo-stub}}</div>ShondaLemos