Bihpuria (IPA: ˈbɪəˌpʊərɪə) is a small town in
Lakhimpur district
Lakhimpur district ( ) is an administrative district in the state of Assam, India. The district headquarters is located at North Lakhimpur. It is bounded on the north by the Siang and Papumpare districts of Arunachal Pradesh and on the east by t ...
in the state of
Assam
Assam (, , ) is a state in Northeast India, northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra Valley, Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . It is the second largest state in Northeast India, nor ...
,
India
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. Bihpuria is located at .
Demographics
India
census
A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...
, Bihpuria had a population of 10,867. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Bihpuria has an average literacy rate of 77%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 82% and female literacy of 73%. 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Politics
Bihpuria is part of
Tezpur (Lok Sabha constituency). Dr. Amiya Kumar Bhuyan is the current MLA of the Bihpuria Constituency.
See also
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Japjup
References
Cities and towns in Lakhimpur district
North Lakhimpur
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