Barkhetry is an Assembly Constituency located in Nalbari district.
Barkhetry Assembly Constituency is one among the 126 Assembly Constituencies and it bears number 60. It falls under Gauhati Lok Sabha Constituency.
Barkhetry falls under Gauhati Parliamentary Constituency. The Bharatiya Janata Party candidate named, Queen Oja won the Lok Sabha Election 2019 by securing 1008936 votes and Bobbeeta Sarma of the Indian National Congress party became the runner up by securing 663330 votes.
The administrative district Nalbari is located in Lower Assam and the headquarters of Nalbari district is situated at Nalbari. The district has an area of 2257 square km. The district has a total of 771639 population as recorded in 2011, from which the Assamese speakers were 662678, Bengali speakers were 84913 and the Bodo speakers were 19491 and 0.61% of the population speaks other languages.
Villages in Barkhetry:
There are about 123 village in Barkhetry. Some of them are:
ASSEMBLY STATUS:
The Assembly Constituency of Barkhetry Constituency had 165065 electors. Amongst them, the overall valid votes were 146546. Narayan Deka of the BJP became the winner by securing 69223 votes whereas Diganta Barman of the INC party was the runner up by securing 60610 votes.
TOTAL POPULATION:
Census report, that was released in 2011 shows, the total population in Barkhetry is 202196 from which 103949 are males and 98247 are females.
Total population |
Male |
Female |
202196 |
103949 |
98247 |
NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS
There are about 38037 households in Barkhetry.
RELIGIOUS GROUP/DEMOGRAPHY IN BARKHETRY:
Religion |
Total |
Male |
Female |
Hindu |
53670 |
27624 |
26046 |
Muslim |
148060 |
76070 |
71990 |
Christian |
126 |
71 |
55 |
Sikh |
9 |
3 |
6 |
Buddhist |
13 |
10 |
3 |
Jain |
11 |
8 |
3 |
Religion not stated |
301 |
161 |
140 |
CASTE AND TRIBES IN BARKHETRY:
The Schedule Caste, living in Barkhetry is 9101 from which 4619
are the males and 4482 are females and Schedule Tribes are 5551 from which 2746
are male and 2805 are females.
MALE FEMALE ELECTORAL DISTRIBUTION:
Barkhetry Constituency had about 165065 registered voters and the voter turnouts were 146546 from which 77171 are male voters and 69375 female voters.
Total voter turnout |
Male |
Female |
146546 |
77171 |
69375 |
SEX RATIO:
Barkhetry Constituency has a sex ratio of 945 females per 1000 males.
AGE GROUP DISTRIBUTION:
The census report released in 2011 shows that, Barkhetry has a total of 202196 population and from this, the children between age 0-6 is 35801 from which 17633 are girls and 18168 are boys.
POLLING PERCENTAGE FOR LAST THREE YEARS:
RESULT OF LAST FIVE
ELECTION:
Year |
Name of the candidate |
Name of the party |
Votes |
1996 |
Pulakesh Barua |
AGP |
46928 |
Bhumidhar Barman |
INC |
40166 |
|
2001 |
Bhumidhar Barman |
INC |
64748 |
Pulakesh Baruah |
IND |
28823 |
|
2006 |
Dr Bhumidhar Barman |
INC |
55210 |
Pulakesh Barua |
TNGP |
38001 |
|
2011 |
Bhumidhar Barman |
INC |
53958 |
Pulakesh Barua |
47612 |
||
2016 |
Narayan Deka |
BJP |
69223 |
Diganta Barman |
INC |
60610 |
PERCENTAGE VOTE SHARE OF POLITICAL PARTY IN LAST ELECTION:
Name of the candidate |
Party name |
Percentage |
Narayan Deka |
BJP |
47.15% |
Diganta Barman |
INC |
41.29% |
Md Akram Hussain Talukdar |
AIUDF |
6.78% |
Kamalesh Deka |
IND |
1.58% |
Raaju Barman |
AITC |
0.6% |
Deepak Kalita |
JMBP |
0.46% |
Bhupen Talukdar |
IND |
0.38% |
Manomati Das |
IND |
0.32% |
Bipul Goswami |
IND |
0.26% |
Mantu Baruah |
IND |
0.25% |
Raju Deka |
IND |
0.24% |
Bhumidhar |
LDP |
0.17% |
None of the above |
|
0.53% |
CANDIDATES IN LAST ELECTION AND RESULT (WINNER AND LOOSER):
The candidates that participated in 2016 election are:
At the end, Narayan Deka of the Bharatiya Janata Party won the election with 69223 votes and Diganta Barman of the Indian National Congress party became the runner up with 60610 votes.
WORK DONE IN LAST 5 YEARS BY THE CANDIDATE:
The current MLA of Barkhetry Assembly Constituency had constructed Passenger rest house of Bagheswari temple and constructed roads.