Kakching district

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Kakching District
Kakching
District
Nickname(s): 
Kak
Location of Kakching District
Kakching District is located in Manipur
Kakching District
Kakching District
Location in Manipur, India
Coordinates: 24°29′N 93°59′E / 24.48°N 93.98°E / 24.48; 93.98Coordinates: 24°29′N 93°59′E / 24.48°N 93.98°E / 24.48; 93.98
Country India
State Manipur
HeadquarterKakching
Area
 • Total190 km2 (70 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total135,481
 • Density710/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialMeitei (Manipuri)
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationMN04
Websitehttps://kakching.nic.in/

Kakching District is one of the 16 districts of Manipur state in northeastern India. This district is bounded by Thoubal district on the north, Ukhrul and Chandel districts on the east, Churchandpur and Bishnupur districts on the south and Imphal West and Imphal East districts on the west. The Kakching District is one of the newly form district by the Government of Manipur in 2016 from Thoubal district.[1]

History[]

On 8 December 2016, this district came into existence when all its administrative units of the erstwhile Kakching sub-division were transferred to form a new district. Later, Kakching District was divided into two sub-divisions namely, Kakching and .

Demographics[]

Religions in Kakching District
Religion Percent
Hinduism
 
 74.44%
Sanamahism
 
 15.87%
Islam
 
 7.53%
Christianity
 
 1.75%
Not Stated
 
 0.32%
Buddhism
 
 0.05%
Sikhism
 
 0.03%
Jainism
 
 0.01%

Kakching has population about 135,481 people according to Census 2011.

Languages[]

Languages in Kakching district (2011)[2]

  Manipuri (96.57%)
  Nepali (1.17%)
  Others (2.26%)

Rivers and lakes[]

The Sekmai river is the most significant river flow in the district.

Tourism[]

Kakching Garden is situated at Uyok Ching, in the south of Kakching Bazaar. It is one of the most highly rated gardens in Manipur.[according to whom?]

A fishery farm is located in the northern hills of Kakching near the Kakching Lamkhai.

Administrative divisions[]

The district is divided into two sub-divisions:

The four Vidhan Sabha constituencies located within the undivided district are Kakching, Hiyanglam, Sugnu and Wabagai.

Kakching is a municipal town and , Hiyanglam, and Sugnu are other small towns in the district.

Th.Kirankumar IAS is the first DC of Kakching district appointed by the Government of Manipur on 8 December 2016 and S.Goutam Singh, IPS is the first Superintendent of Police of Kakching district.

Deputy Commissioners[]

The first Deputy Commissioner of Kakching was Th. Kirankumar, who assumed office on 8 December 2016 and served until 31 May 2017. The current Deputy Commissioner, Kengoo Zuringla, took charge in October, 2020.

Post office[]

Post office of Kakching is situated at Kakching Wairi Labungo Pareng, Kakching District and its PIN Code is 795103.

Police station[]

Police Station of Kakching is situated at Kakching Chumnang opposite to State Bank of India, Kakching Branch.

  • SP : Yengkhom Victoria Devi
  • Adl SP law and order:Thingnam Deshorjit singh
  • SDPO kakching : Pukhram Shanker Singh

Kakching Excise Station[]

Kakching Excise Station is located next to SDO office complex. L.Raghu singh is the superintendent of excise kakching.

References[]

  1. ^ "Manipur Gazette No 408 dated 9 December 2016" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 April 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India".
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