Kamakhyaguri is a town and business destination in the Kumargram CD block in the Alipurduar subdivision of the Alipurduar district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Kamakhyaguri | |
|---|---|
Census Town | |
| Kamakhyaguri | |
  Kamakhyaguri Location in West Bengal, India  Kamakhyaguri Kamakhyaguri (India) | |
| Coordinates: 26°29′N 89°44′E / 26.48°N 89.73°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Alipurduar |
| Named for | Anirban Roy |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 32,000 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, English Rajbanshi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 736202 |
| Vehicle registration | WB |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Alipurduars (ST) |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Kumargram (ST) |
| Website | alipurduar |
Area overview
editThe Alipurduar district is an extensive area in the eastern end of the Dooars in West Bengal. It is undulating country, largely forested, with numerous rivers flowing down from the outer ranges of the Himalayas in Bhutan. It is a predominantly rural area with 79.38% of the population living in the rural areas. The district has 1 municipal town and 20 census towns and that means that 20.62% of the population lives in the urban areas. The scheduled castes and scheduled tribes together form more than half the population in all the six community development blocks in the district. There is high concentration of tribal people (scheduled tribes) in the three northern blocks of the district.[1][2][3]
Demographics
editAs of 2011[update] census,[4] Uttar Kamakhyaguri is a census town in the district of Alipurduar, West Bengal. The Uttar Kamakhyaguri census town has population of 12,022 of which 6,132 are males while 5,890 are females as per the report released by Census India 2011.
The population of children ages 0–6 is 1006 which is 8.37% of the total population of Uttar Kamakhyaguri (CT). In Uttar Kamakhyaguri Census Town, female sex ratio is of 961 against state average of 950. Moreover child sex ratio in Uttar Kamakhyaguri is around 992 compared to West Bengal state average of 956. The literacy rate of Uttar Kamakhyaguri city is 91.81% higher than state average of 76.26%. In Uttar Kamakhyaguri, male literacy is around 94.63% while female literacy rate is 88.87%.
Uttar Kamakhyaguri Census Town has total administration over 2,826 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is authorized to build roads in Census Town limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.
Healthcare
editKamakhyaguri Rural Hospital is the major government medical facility in the Kumargram CD block.[5]
References
edit- ^ "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Jalpaiguri". Tables 2.2, 2.4b. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ "CD block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ "District Census Handbook, Jalpaiguri, Series 20, Part XIIA" (PDF). Census of India 2011, page 13 Physiography. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- ^ "Uttar Kamakhyaguri Population Census 2011". Census 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ "Health & Family Welfare Department" (PDF). Health Statistics – Rural Hospitals. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 22 July 2020.