Uttar Kamakhyaguri Explained

Kamakhyaguri
Official Name:Kamakhyaguri
Settlement Type:Census Town
Pushpin Map:India West Bengal#India3
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates:26.48°N 89.73°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:West Bengal
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Type3:Kumargram
Subdivision Name2:Alipurduar
Named For:Anirban Roy
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:32000
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Bengali, EnglishRajbanshi
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:736202
Registration Plate:WB
Blank1 Name Sec1:Lok Sabha constituency
Blank1 Info Sec1:Alipurduars (ST)
Blank2 Name Sec1:Vidhan Sabha constituency
Blank2 Info Sec1:Kumargram (ST)

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.

Area overview

The 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

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

Kamakhyaguri Rural Hospital is the major government medical facility in the Kumargram CD block.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: District Statistical Handbook 2014 Jalpaiguri . Tables 2.2, 2.4b . Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal . 29 June 2020.
  2. Web site: CD block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) . 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India . 29 June 2020.
  3. Web site: District Census Handbook, Jalpaiguri, Series 20, Part XIIA. Census of India 2011, page 13 Physiography. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal . 18 June 2020.
  4. Web site: Uttar Kamakhyaguri Population Census 2011. 1 November 2018. Census 2011.
  5. Web site: Health & Family Welfare Department . Health Statistics – Rural Hospitals . Government of West Bengal. 22 July 2020.