Author: Bhattacharjee, N. ; Barua, S.K. & Bhuyan, J.C.
Title: Assam: Survey Report on Town Barpeta
Description: Delhi, Controller of Publications, (1989). orig.boards. 28x22cm, ix, 503 pp, Census of India - 1981. Part X.B; Series 3. Includes textual graphs + numerous tables + 5pp photos + a map.. 1 map, 5pp photos. Origi.cloth-backed boards,corner bump,slight soil,Good + ¶ Printer's colophon published on rear cover reads: "PRG -- 8.81 - (Assam) - 300 - 1989 (DSK II)" [ie:published in an edition of 300 copies] An in- depth socio-economic study of Barpeta town,located at the northwestern part of Kamrup district in Assam state (140 km from Guwahati), home of the Barpeta Satra, the monastery founded by the Vishnavite reformer Madhab Dev;a primary Hindu religious institution of northeast India. Details history & growth of the town,.Amenities & Services ;Economic life,Social & Cultural life ;Migration & Settlement; Neighbourhood pattern ;Family life; Housing & material culture,Organization of Power & Prestige,Leisure & recreation, etc.

Keywords: Sociology of Religion, Hinduism, Northeast India, Assam, Sociology, Anthropology, Census of India, Social statistics, Barpeta, South Asia