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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Village in Assam, India}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=January 2023}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}<br /> {{Infobox settlement<br /> | name = Barkura<br /> | other_name = Borkura<br /> | native_name = <br /> | native_name_lang = <br /> | settlement_type = Village<br /> | etymology = <br /> | pushpin_map = India Assam#India<br /> | pushpin_map_caption = Map of Assam<br /> | coordinates = {{coord|26.4507|91.4266|display=inline,title}}<br /> | coordinates_footnotes = <br /> | subdivision_type = Country<br /> | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br /> | subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br /> | subdivision_name1 = [[Assam]]<br /> | subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br /> | subdivision_name2 = [[Nalbari district|Nalbari]]<br /> | subdivision_type3 = [[Subdivision (India)|Subdivision]]<br /> | subdivision_name3 = Nalbari<br /> | subdivision_type4 = [[Gram Panchayat]]<br /> | subdivision_name4 = Paschim Batahgila<br /> | established_title = <br /> | established_date = <br /> | founder = <br /> | seat_type = <br /> | seat = <br /> | leader_party = <br /> | leader_title = <br /> | leader_name = <br /> | unit_pref = Metric<br /> | area_total_km2 = <br /> | elevation_m = <br /> | population_as_of = 2011<br /> | population_total = 3516 <br /> | population_density_km2 = auto<br /> | population_demonym = <br /> | demographics_type1 = Languages<br /> | demographics1_title1 = Official<br /> | demographics1_info1 = [[Assamese language|Assamese]]<br /> | timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br /> | utc_offset1 = +5:30<br /> | postal_code_type = Postal code<br /> | postal_code = 781335 <br /> | area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in India|STD Code]]<br /> | area_code = 03624<br /> | blank_name_sec1 = [[Census of India|Census]] code<br /> | blank_info_sec1 = 303897<br /> | footnotes = <br /> | pushpin_map_alt = Nalbari district<br /> | area_total_ha = 470.27<br /> }}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Barkura&#039;&#039;&#039;, also spelled as &#039;&#039;&#039;Borkura&#039;&#039;&#039;, is a census village in [[Nalbari district]], [[Assam]], [[India]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news |last=Nath |first=Hemanta Kumar |title=Assam: Girl makes Tiktok video minutes before killing self in Nalbari |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/assam-girl-makes-tiktok-video-minutes-before-killing-self-in-nalbari-1689720-2020-06-16 |access-date=26 July 2022 |work=India Today |date=16 June 2020 |language=en}}&lt;/ref&gt; 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%.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web |title=POPULATION BREAKUP AS PER CENSUS-2011 |url=https://nalbari.gov.in/sites/default/files/swf_utility_folder/departments/nalbari_epr_amtron_in_oid_2/this_comm/pub_nalbari.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703045835/https://nalbari.gov.in/sites/default/files/swf_utility_folder/departments/nalbari_epr_amtron_in_oid_2/this_comm/pub_nalbari.pdf |archive-date=3 July 2022 |access-date=4 July 2022 |website=[[Government of Assam]] {{!}} [[Nalbari district|Nalbari District]]}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> 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.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite book |last=Bora |first=S. |title=Student Revolution in Assam, 1917-1947 : A Historical Survey |publisher=Mittal Publications |year=1992 |isbn=978-81709-9332-2 |edition=1st |location=New Delhi, India |pages=100 |language=en}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Villages in Nalbari district]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{Assam-geo-stub}}</div>

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