Kumarghat

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Kumarghat
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Kumarghat
Coordinates: 24°9′30″N92°1′47″E / 24.15833°N 92.02972°E / 24.15833; 92.02972 Coordinates: 24°9′30″N92°1′47″E / 24.15833°N 92.02972°E / 24.15833; 92.02972
Country Flag of India.svg  India
State Tripura
District Unakoti district
Government
  Type Municipal Council
  BodyKumarghat Municipal Council
   Chairman Biswajit Das (BJP)
Population
 (2015)
  Total15,189
Languages
  Official Bengali, Kokborok, English
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Postal code
799264
Telephone code 03824
Vehicle registration TR-02
Vidhan Sabha Pabiacherra
Website tripura.gov.in

Kumarghat is a town and subdivision in Unakoti district in Tripura, India. It is a municipal council and the 14th largest town in Tripura by population. [1] Kumarghat railway station is the only railway station in Unakoti district.

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Demographics

As of 2011, Kumarghat sub-division had a population of 157,972. [2]

Education

Colleges/Universities

College of Teacher Education (CTE), Kumarghat is located at Sukantanagar, Kumarghat, about 150 km away from Agartala, the state capital. It is 1.1 km away from NH44 near Kumarghat Police Station and about 500 meters away from Kumarghat Railway Station.

Transportation

Kumarghat railway station is one of the few railway stations in Tripura, which is connected with Agartala and Silchar.

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References

  1. "Unakoti District Website | Tripura Government | India".
  2. http://unakoti.nic.in/population.html