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| Country | India | ||
| State | Assam | ||
| District(s) | Barpeta | ||
| Nearest city | Pathsala, Nalbari, Barpeta Road | ||
| Parliamentary constituency | Barpeta | ||
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) | ||
| Area • Elevation |
• 45 metres (148 ft) |
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Patacharkuchi is a town in Barpeta district, Assam, India.
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It is located at at an elevation of 45 m above MSL.[1]
National Highway 152 starts at Patacharkuchi and ends at Indo-Bhutan Border. It is located on the bank of river Kaldia. NH 31 passes through it. NH 31 is actually "Gohain-Kamal Ali' which was built by Senapati Gohain-Kamal of Beer Chilarai of Kochbehar.
Patacharkuchi Vidyapith is one of the oldest Higher Secondary School established in 1935 by Late Harendra Chandra Sarma and Late Hareshwar Dev Choudhury. Late Sarma was the first Principal(that time head Master) of the school. In 1960 the school opens the higher secondary classes with three streams arts, science and commerce.
Patacharkuchi is strategically placed on the river Kaldia and early 19th century, a dak bunglow (rest camp for the Post man)and a thana (police station) was established by the British. This was the only police station in Bajali. Patacharkuchi Nimna Buniyadi School is one of the oldest primary school in that area established way back in 1862. In 1976, Patacharkuchi has advanced with a degree college, Pragjyoti College, and later the location and name changed to Nirmal Haloi College.
In 1965, a girls high school was established to promote the woman education in that area and that was a giant leap towatrd woman empowerment in that region. Very recently Patacharkuchi has four numbers of English medium high schools.