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Kwakta is a town and a Municipal Council in Bishnupur district in the Indian state of Manipur. It is in the Moirang subdivision, between the town of Moirang and the Kuki-dominated villages such as Kangvai and Torbung. It has a population of about 8,000 people, mainly Meitei Pangals (Muslims).

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Place details

Locality
Terakhongsongbi
Region
Manipur
Country
India
Population
8,579

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Kwakta
Settlement.native_name
Kwakta Municipal Council
Settlement.other_name
Kwakta Bazar
Settlement.settlement_type
Kwakta
Settlement.pushpin_map
India Manipur#India
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Manipur, India
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Manipur
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Bishnupur
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.population_total
12000
Settlement.population_as_of
2011
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.demographics_type1
Languages
Settlement.demographics1_title1
Official
Settlement.demographics1_info1
Meitei

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Demographics
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Kwakta is a town and a Municipal Council in Bishnupur district in the Indian state of Manipur. It is in the Moirang subdivision, between the town of Moirang and the Kuki-dominated villages such as Kangvai and Torbung. It has a population of about 8,000 people, mainly Meitei Pangals (Muslims).

==Demographics== India census, Kwakta had a population of 7958. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Kwakta has an average literacy rate of 63%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 71%, and female literacy is 55%. In Kwakta, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kwakta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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