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Bakalia Municipal Board is one of the developing town in the Karbi Anglong District of Assam, India. It is located under Sub-Division of Diphu, Karbi Anglong. It shares its boundaries with the Mridupathar village in the west and Jamuna river and Rajapathar area to the south, NH29 to the North and Patradisa village to the East. Bakalia is well connected by Ground transportation. Jamuna is the prominent river that flows through the southern boundary of the town, and forested areas include such saleable trees as Tectona grandis (teak). This place practices organic farming, also modern agriculture following recent scientific developments.

Bakalia is located at GPS Longitude 26.056727, Longitude 93.199088. The town is spread at 28.25sq.KM range.It has an average elevation of 115 metres (379 feet). Vegetation is deciduous and evergreen, also grasslands at patches.

As of 2011 India census,[2] The Bakalia Municipal Board has a population of 14433 of which 9247 are males while 5186 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.

The population of Children between the ages of 0-6 is 2597 which is 17.99% of the total population of Bakalia. In Bakalia Municipal Board, the Female Sex Ratio is 554 against the state average of 935. Moreover, the Child Sex Ratio in Bakalia is around 593 compared to the Assam state average of 962. The literacy rate of Bakalia city is 33.12% lower than the state average of 72.19%. In Bakalia, Male literacy is around 43.32% while the female literacy rate is 22.07%.

Bakalia Municipal Board has total administration of over 2978 (As Per 2018 Town voter census report) houses to which it supplies basic amenities . It is also authorized to build roads within Town Committee limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.

Most of the residents are members of Scheduled Tribe(H), followed by Assamese, Bengali and Hindi speaking people.