BALIPARA, a frontier station and tract of British India to the north of the Darrang district in Assam. The creation of the Balipara Frontier Tract followed murders by Abors and ad ministration was remodelled. An eastern section was formed at Sadiya and a western section at Balipara, to which a portion of the Darrang district was transferred. This frontier tract con stitutes a charge under a political officer and consists of the area in contact with various tribes, viz., the Bhotias, Daflas, Akas and Apa Tanangs. Balipara is connected with Tezpur by a light rail way and a trade route leads from it to Lhasa in Tibet over the Udalguri-Amratula pass.