Sarupathar

Sarupathar
—  town  —
Sarupathar
Location of Sarupathar
in Assam and India
Coordinates
Country India
State Assam
District(s) Golaghat
Population

• Density

 10,337 (2004)

• 2,720 /km2 (7,045 /sq mi)
Sex ratio 55%:45% ♂/♀
Time zone IST (UTC+05:30)
Area 3.8 square kilometres (1.5 sq mi)
Website www.sarupathar.info

Sarupathar is a town and a town area committee in Golaghat district in the Indian state of Assam.

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Demographics

As of 2001 India census,[1] Sarupathar had a population of 9827. Males constitute 55% of the population and females 45%. Sarupathar has an average literacy rate of 60%, Heigher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 84%, and female literacy is 77%. In Sarupathar, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age. A majority of Bengali live here but also other community like Assamese, Nepali,Muslim, Marwari, Bihari, Tamils, Tribes live here. Majority of Sarupathar belongs to Hinduism, other religions like Islamic, Buddhist, Christian is also available here.

Politics

Sarupathar is part of Kaliabor (Lok Sabha constituency) and 94th Legislative Assembly, which Current MLA is Mr. Aklius Tirkey .[2]

References

  1. ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved 2008-11-01. 
  2. ^ "List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies". Assam. Election Commission of India. http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S03/AS_ACPC.pdf. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 

Schools and Colleges

Sarupathar Higher secondary school is the biggest and oldest school of sarupathar,that established in 1956.Besides there have more schools,such as Sarupathar Girls high school,Kali bari(High,M.E,L.P)school Are main.Besides them Two best private school named Bolosing Memorial schoool & Dayananda vidya niketan has there.