Kakching district

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]

This article is about the district. For its eponymous headquarters, see Kakching.

Kakching District

Kakching
District
Nickname(s): 
Kak
Kakching District
Location in Manipur, India
Kakching District
Kakching District (India)
Coordinates: 24.48°N 93.98°E / 24.48; 93.98
Country India
StateManipur
HeadquarterKakching
Population
 (2016)
 • Total135,481
Languages
 • OfficialMeitei (Manipuri)
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationMN04
Websitehttps://kakching.nic.in/

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 Waikhong.

Demographic

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

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.
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 Waikhong, 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
  • Current Deputy Commissioner=Valentina Arambam

(took charge in July,2019)

  • First DC of Kakching=Th.Kirankumar

(Assumed office on 8 December 2016 to 31 May, 2017)

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.
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