Kailashahar
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| Kailasahar | |
| State - District(s) |
Tripura - North Tripura |
| Area | |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Population (2001) - Density |
20,279 - |
Kailashahar town is a nagar panchayat and head-quarters of North Tripura district in the Indian state of Tripura.
Dharmanagar is the main business and commercial town and also a sub divisional head quarter due to its railroad connection. There is one Airport and one College with few high schools and one District Hospital. The main three high schools are RKSP (RamKrishana Siksha Prathisthan), RKI (Radha Kishore Institute) and Girls High School. The main tourist attraction around is "Uno-Kotie" which means less then one Kotie (ten Millions) statues of Hindu god & goddess.
[edit] Demographics
As of 2001 India censusGRIndia, Kailasahar had a population of 20,279. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Kailasahar has an average literacy rate of 82%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 84%, and female literacy is 79%. In Kailasahar, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Like other North East India people of Bengali descendant and hills lived together happily for long time. But in recent time there was violence between them. The main reason is economical deprivation of land and livelihood of the tribals and the indegineous people.
