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Badarpur Railway Town | |
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town | |
  Badarpur Railway Town Location in Assam, India Show map of Assam Badarpur Railway Town Badarpur Railway Town (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:24°51′44″N92°33′34″E / 24.86222°N 92.55944°E /24.86222; 92.55944 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Assam |
| District | Cachar |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 9,940 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali andMeitei (Manipuri) |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | AS |
Badarpur Railway Town is acensus town inCachar district in the state ofAssam,India. Together with adjacentBadarpur Town, it forms the Badarpur Urban Area, one of two notified urban areas in the district.
Bengali andMeitei (Manipuri) are the official languages of this place.[1][2]
As of 2001[update] Indiacensus,[3] 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.
