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{{Short description|Village in Assam, India.}}

{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kekerikuchi
| other_name = Kekorikuchi
| native_name =
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| settlement_type = Village
| etymology =
| pushpin_map = India Assam#India
| pushpin_map_caption = Map of Assam
| coordinates = {{coord|26.5726|91.6105|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes =
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Assam]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Tamulpur district|Tamulpur]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Region]]
| subdivision_name3 = Tamulpur
| established_title =
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| founder =
| seat_type =
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_total_km2 =
| elevation_m = 46
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 1867
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Assamese language|Assamese]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 781376<ref>{{cite web |title=Kekerikuchi Dwarkuchi Ps Tamulpur Pincode |url=https://findpincode.in/kekerikuchi-dwarkuchi-ps-tamulpur/18039704 |website=findpincode.in |access-date=18 July 2022}}</ref>
| area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in India|STD Code]]
| area_code = 03624
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Census of India|Census]] code
| blank_info_sec1 = 304413
| footnotes =
| pushpin_map_alt = Tamulpur district
| area_total_ha = 404.46
| registration_plate = AS-28
}}
'''Kekerikuchi''' is a census village in [[Tamulpur district]], [[Assam]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chitre |first1=Manjiri Sachin |title=Assam: Part of bridge collapses in Baksa district amid torrential rains {{!}} Video |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/assam-portion-of-bridge-collapses-in-baksa-district-amid-torrential-rains-101655361950624.html |access-date=18 July 2022 |work=Hindustan Times |publisher=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=16 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Assam witnesses incessant rainfall once again |url=https://theprint.in/india/assam-witnesses-incessant-rainfall-once-again/998181/ |access-date=18 July 2022 |work=ThePrint |publisher=[[ThePrint]] |date=15 June 2022}}</ref> As per the [[2011 Census of India]], Kekerikuchi has a total population of 1,867 people including 927 males and 940 females.<ref>{{cite web |title=Primary Census Abstract C.D. Block wise, Assam - District Baksa - 2011 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/41003/study-description |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220717210753/https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/41003/study-description |archive-date=17 July 2022 |access-date=18 July 2022 |website=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India }}</ref>

On January 13, 1998, the night of [[Magh Bihu|Uruka]], Boro terrorists killed 18 people in the village of Kekerikuchi.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gupta Kashyap |first=Samudra |title=The Assam tangle - Indian Express |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/the-assam-tangle/993140/2 |access-date=18 July 2022 |work=Indian Express |publisher=[[The Indian Express]] |date=26 August 2012}}</ref> Since then, the villagers of Kekerikuchi don't celebrate the [[Magh Bihu|Bhogali Bihu]], a major festive of Assamese nation.<ref>{{cite news |last=Karmakar |first=Rahul |title=For this Assam village, Bhogali Bihu is a reminder of carnage |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/for-this-assam-village-bhogali-bihu-is-a-reminder-of-carnage/article33572099.ece |access-date=18 July 2022 |work=The Hindu |publisher=[[The Hindu]] |date=14 January 2021 |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=When Assam celebrates Bihu Uruka, Kekerikuchi weeps |url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/wire-news/-1946889.html |access-date=18 July 2022 |work=Moneycontrol |date=14 January 2012 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=For past 24 years, this village under Tamulpur subdivision has not celebrated Bhogali Bihu - Sentinelassam |url=https://www.sentinelassam.com/north-east-india-news/assam-news/for-past-24-years-this-village-under-tamulpur-subdivision-has-not-celebrated-bhogali-bihu-572936 |access-date=18 July 2022 |work=www.sentinelassam.com |publisher=[[The Sentinel (Guwahati)]] |date=13 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==

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[[Category:Tamulpur district]]
[[Category:Terrorist incidents in the 1990s]]
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