About Barpothar Village

Barpothar is a large village in Sonari tehsil, in the district of Sivasagar, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,439, made up of 1,783 males and 1,656 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 612 hectares hectares.

How Barpothar compares

By the 2011 count Barpothar is the 14th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,351 residents. Its 612 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Barpothar

Barpothar is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Barpothar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Banfera Grant, Banfera T G, Barahi Grant and Barahi Kachari. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.