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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2020}}'''Khoirabari''' is a small town in [[Udalguri]] district in the [[States and territories of India|Indian state]] of [[Assam]].<br />
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== Demographics ==<br />
As of 2001 India census, Khoirabari had a population of 8,703. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Khoirabari has an average [[Literacy|literacy rate]] of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 69%.<br />
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Assamese, Bodo and Bengali are the major language. But the most commonly spoken languages include Bodo is spoken widely in the surrounding areas. The locals can even interact in Hindi.<br />
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A number of tea gardens are located nearby and Khoirabari is the nearest commercial access point for them.<br />
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== Education ==<br />
Educational Institutions include<br />
* Khoirabari College<br />
* Khoirabari Junior College<br />
* Khoirabari Higher Secondary School<br />
* Uttar Khoirabari Adarsha High School<br />
* U.N. Academy<br />
* Jatiya Vidyalaya<br />
* NRDS Junior College<br />
* Bathou Ashram Phoraisali<br />
* Brilliant Jr. College<br />
* Sankardeva Shishu Niketan<br />
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==Facilities==<br />
*Nearest railway station: [[Khoirabari railway station]]<br />
*Nearest police station: Khoirabari Nearest Airport - LGBI Airport (Guwahati)<br />
*Nearest hospital: Khoirabari Gramin Hospital.<br />
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==Major festivals==<br />
Rongali Bihu and Boisagu are in April; [[Durga Puja]] in October; ''[[Dewali]]'' and Holy also celebrated across Khoirabari and surrounding areas.<br />
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== Khoirabari massacre ==<br />
{{Main article|Khoirabari massacre}}<br />
'''Khoirabari massacre''' ([[Bengali language|Bengali]]: খয়রাবাড়ি গণহত্যাকাণ্ড) refers to the [[massacre]] of [[Bengali Hindu]] refugee settlers from [[East Pakistan]] in Khoirabari in [[Darrang district]] (now [[Udalguri]]) in the Indian state of [[Assam]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6fSpCQAAQBAJ&q=bengalis+killed+khoirabari&pg=PA36|title=Countering Insurgencies in India: An Insider's View|last=Rammohun|first=E. M.|date=2011-12-29|publisher=Vij Books India Pvt Ltd|isbn=9789381411667|language=en}}</ref> More than hundred Bengali Hindus were killed in the massacre. Before attacking the Bengali Hindus, Bengali Muslims were also attacked by [[Assamese people]].{{fact|date=December 2018}} The news of the massacre was reported after several days as the mobs had destroyed all communication system.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KclwPdsveMQC&q=bengalis+killed+khoirabari&pg=PA33|title=Insurgent Frontiers: Essays from the Troubled Northeast|last=Rammohan|first=E. N.|date=2005|publisher=India Research Press|isbn=9788187943808|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Darrang district]]</div>->Punam Rabha