What is "kalgachia"

Kalgachia is a semi urban town of Barpeta district, Assam, India. It is west of district headquarters Barpeta.The 3rd proposed Kalgachia sub _division has been formally declared as Kalgachia civil Sub division of Barpeta district on 1 January 2016 as a new year gift by the Congress let govt.Chief minister Sri Tarun Gogoi for the greater Kalgachians. The Kalgachia civil Sub division committee had been formed in 1975 and since then the demand was raised to form Kalgachia as civil Sub_division .Kalgachia is the center place of Jania LAC from where our late Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed became a President of India.The proposal was made by sub division committee in June, 2015 to form Kalgachia as civil Sub division.

Kalgachia is a Muslim (East Bengal rooted Muslim) based town. The census of India shows that 98% of the population in Kalgachia are Muslim. The total population is 29,000 where 17,000 are male and 12,000 are female.