District Profile · Assam
Barpeta
- Barpeta
- Headquarters
- 1,693,622
- Population
- Lower Assam
- Region / Division
Known as the "Land of Satras," the centre of the 16th-century Vaishnavite reform movement led by saint-reformer Srimanta Sankardev. A densely populated agricultural district on the Brahmaputra's north bank.
Other districts in Lower Assam