Chapar is a small town in the Dhubri district

Dhubri District

Dhubri District is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. The district headquarters are located at Dhubri town which is situated at ~290 km from Guwahati, the state capital. This was also the headquarters of erstwhile Goalpara district which was created in 1876 by the...

 of Assam

Assam

Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country...

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. It is the hometown of one of the former Chief Ministers of Assam

Assam

Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country...

, Sarat Chandra Sinha

Sarat Chandra Sinha

Sarat Chandra Sinha was a Chief Minister of Assam and a leader of Indian National Congress, Indian National Congress and Nationalist Congress Party. Known for his value-based politics, Sinha belonged to a rare breed of politicians who sacrificed his life for the welfare of the downtrodden people...

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Geography

Chapar is located at 26.27°N 90.47°E. It has an average elevation of 22 metres (72 feet). Like the rest of Assam

Assam

Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country...

, Chapar frequently has problems with flooding. The town is situated on the bank of the Champabati river. There is a village, Bahalpur, about 7 km away from Chapar main town. The name Bahalpur, meaning The Big Place.There is also a big village called Kazipara.

National Highway 31

National Highway 31 (India)

National Highway 31 is an important National Highway in India. It provides gateway to the states in North-East India. This long National Highway starts in Barhi, Jharkhand at the NH 2 and generally traverses in Northeast direction passing through Jhumri Tilaiya, Koderma, Nawada, Bihar Sharif,...

 passes through Chapar.

Demographics

As of the 2001 Indian census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

, Chapar had a population of 18,559. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Chapar has an average literacy rate of 65%, higher than the national average of 59.5%, with male literacy of 71% and female literacy of 58%. 14% of the population is under six years of age.

Education

The town has two main places for high school and college education, the Chapar Higher Secondary School and Ratnapeeth College

Ratnapeeth College

Ratnapeeth College is a government college for Arts education in Chapar, Dhubri, Assam, a northeastern state of India. The college campus is considered to be one of the most beautiful college campuses in India. It is a non-residential college....

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