{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}} {{Use Indian English|date=November 2024}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Badarpur | native_name = | native_name_lang = | other_name = | nickname = Gateway of Barak valley | settlement_type = Town | image_skyline = {{Photomontage |photo1a=Badarpur Fort.jpg |photo2a=Badarpur Junction Railway Station front.jpg |photo3a=Nabinchandra college front.jpg |color=white |size=200 }} |image_caption=''From Top to Bottom:'' Badarpur fort, Badarpur Railway Station, Nabinchandra College, Badarpur | pushpin_map = India Assam#India | pushpin_label_position = left | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Assam, India | coordinates = {{coord|24.9|N|92.6|E|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flagu|India}} | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Assam | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Cachar | established_title = <!-- Established --> | established_date = | founder = Hazrat Shah Badaruddin | named_for = Hazrat Shah Badaruddin | government_type = Municipal board | governing_body = Badarpur Municipal Board | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_rank = | area_total_km2 = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 16 | population_total = 33400 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_rank = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = Badarpuri (Bodorpuri/Bodorfuri) | population_footnotes = | demographics_type1 = Languages | demographics1_title1 = Official | demographics1_info1 = Bengali and Meitei (Manipuri) | timezone1 = IST | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | postal_code_type = <!-- PIN --> | postal_code = | registration_plate = AS-10 | website = {{URL|https://badarpur.assamurban.in/}} | iso_code = IN-AS | footnotes = }} '''Badarpur''' ({{IPA|bn|bɔdorpur}}), is a town and a municipal board in Cachar district in the state of Assam, India. Badarpur. Together with adjacent Badarpur Railway Town, it forms the Badarpur Urban Area, one of two notified urban areas in the district. The area is also popularly known as "Gateway to the Barak Valley" of Assam. Badarpur was a part of Karimganj district until 31 December 2022.
==History== After the Conquest of Sylhet in 1303, a disciple of Shah Jalal known as Adam Khaki migrated and settled in present-day Deorail, Badarpur. Along with him Syed Shah Badaruddin settled in Bundashil area of present day . Badarpur is also popular in the valley because of its geographical point of view. Nowadays it has become the centre for various educational institutions including higher education like B.pharm,D.pharm etc. at Allama TR college of Pharmacy which is located at Hasanpur, Srigauri Hospital Road. Nabin Chandra College<ref>{{cite web | url=http://nccollege.ac.in/home.php | title=Nabinchandra College }}</ref> is the most reputed educational institute at Badarpur.
The railway junction under the Northeast Frontier Railway, the Badarpur Junction is the first railway station in the valley. It was first enacted and introduced by the then British Government under metre gauge rail lines from Badarpur to Lumding in 1898.
==Geography== Badarpur is located at {{Coord|24.9|N|92.6|E|}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/03/Badarpur.html|title=redirect to /world/IN/03/Badarpur.html|website=www.fallingrain.com}}</ref> It has an average elevation of 16 metres (52 feet). Badarpur is surrounded by river Barak on the north, Barail hill range in the east and southeast and villages and paddy field in the west
==Demographics== Bengali and Meitei (Manipuri) are the official languages of this place.<ref name="BnOff">{{Cite news |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/govt-withdraws-assamese-as-official-language-from-barak-valley-114090901180_1.html |title=Govt withdraws Assamese as official language from Barak valley |agency=Press Trust of India |date=9 September 2014 |work=Business Standard India |access-date=29 January 2018 |archive-date=29 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129195116/http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/govt-withdraws-assamese-as-official-language-from-barak-valley-114090901180_1.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Meitei">{{Cite news |last=Purkayastha |first=Biswa Kalyan |date=24 February 2024 |title=Assam recognises Manipuri as associate official language in four districts |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/assam-recognises-manipuri-as-associate-official-language-in-four-districts-101708770769105.html |work=Hindustan Times |access-date=26 February 2024}}</ref> The majority of the inhabitants of Badarpur speak Sylheti,<ref>{{cite journal |title=Socio-Linguistic Features of the Sylheti Dialect in Assam |journal=International Journal of English Literature and Social Sciences |volume=5 |issue=5 |year=2020 |pages=1360–1364 |url=https://ijels.com/complete-issue/IJELS-Sep-Oct-2020-Issue-Complete-Issue-%28v5i5%29.pdf |access-date=26 October 2025}}</ref> which is considered either a distinct language or a dialect of Bengali.<ref name="mahanta-gope-variety">"Along the linguistic continuum of eastern Indic languages, Sylheti occupies an ambiguous position, where it is considered a distinct language by many and also as a dialect of Bengali or Bangla by some others."{{harvcol|Mahanta|Gope|2018|p=81}}</ref>
{{As of|2011}} India census,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=16 June 2004|title= Census of India 2012: Data from the 2011 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=1 November 2008|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Badarpur had a population of around 33,400 consisting of Town Committee, Railway Township and Chapra Census Town.<ref name="2011_Census_Religion"/> Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Badarpur has an average literacy rate of 84%, higher than the national average of 79.5%. 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.
=== Religion === Hinduism is the dominant religion in Badarpur followed by Islam and Christianity.<ref name="2011_Census_Religion">{{Cite web |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11365/download/14478/DDW18C-01%20MDDS.XLS |title=C-01: Population by religious community |website=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|access-date=22 November 2024}}</ref>
{{Pie chart |thumb = right |caption = Religion in Badarpur (2011)<ref name="2011_Census_Religion"/> |label1 = Hinduism |value1 = 62.78 |color1 = Orange |label2 = Islam |value2 = 35.63 |color2 = Green |label3 = Christianity |value3 = 0.91 |color3 = Blue |label4 = Blue |value4 = 0.68 |color4 = Grey }}
==Politics== Badarpur is part of Silchar (Lok Sabha constituency).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S03/AS_ACPC.pdf |title=List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies |accessdate=5 October 2008 |work=Assam |publisher=Election Commission of India |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060504181808/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S03/AS_ACPC.pdf |archivedate=4 May 2006 }}</ref> At present the MLA of Badarpur is Abdul Aziz.<ref name="Badarpur Constituency">{{cite web | url=http://goassam.com/constituency_details.php?id=5 | title=Badarpur Constituency | work=goassam.com | accessdate=27 October 2016}}</ref>
==Tourism== Badarpur Fort .<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/mughal-era-badarpur-fort-in-assam-to-be-restored/815964 |title=Mughal Era Badarpur Fort in Assam to Be Restored |accessdate=22 March 2019 |publisher=Outlook: The Fully Loaded Magazine |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109195652/https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/mughal-era-badarpur-fort-in-assam-to-be-restored/815964 |archivedate=9 November 2018 }}</ref>
==Notable people== * Abdul Jalil Choudhury, Indian Deobandi Islamic scholar, teacher and politician
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==Citations== * {{Cite journal |last1=Mahanta |first1=Sakuntala |last2=Gope |first2=Amalesh |year=2018 |title=Tonal polarity in Sylheti in the context of noun faithfulness |journal=Language Sciences |volume=69 |pages=80–97 |doi=10.1016/j.langsci.2018.06.010 |s2cid=149759441 }}
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