Kamptee is a city and a municipal council in Nagpur district. It
is below the confluence of the Kanhan River with the rivers Pench and Kolar.
It is located at latitude 21°223' north, longitude 79°2' west. It has an area of
40,706 hectares. The total population of Kamptee region is 136,124. The male population
of which is 70,375 while female population is 65,749.
The literacy rate of Kamptee is 90.07% which is higher than National Urban average
of 85 %. Literacy rate for male and female for Kamptee stood at 94.83 % and 84.98
% respectively. Total literates in Kamptee were 109,241 of which males were 59,505
and remaining 49,736 were females.
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Education
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There are ninety-four Anganwadi pre-primary schools, eighty government aided primary
schools, and only one government funded high school. There are two tertiary colleges
in Kamptee; the Seth Kesrimal Porwal College, established in 1965 with faculties
of science, commerce and the arts, and the Smt Kishoritai Bhoyar College of Pharmacy.
Also the Kamptee Polytechnic, which is situated behind the railway station. Kamptee
has one the biggest schools in the region Kendriya Vidyalaya Kamptee which caters
mainly defence kids but civilian kids are also allowed.
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Railway Bridge Kamptee
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Dragon Palace Temple
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One of the finest examples of superb architecture and scenic landscape, the Dragon
Palace Temple is a Buddhist temple and one of the most popular tourist attractions
situated in Kamptee. The temple is about 20 kms from Nagpur city, on the Nagpur
Jabalpur road and is considered as a landmark of Indo-Japan friendship as Madam
Noriko Ogawa from Ogawa Society Japan financially contributed in the construction
of this beautiful piece of architecture.
Inaugurated in the year 1999 by Reverend Nichiki Kato
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from Tokyo, Japan, the Dragon Palace Temple since then has gained popularity as
one of the tourist attractions of the city, not only because of its commendable
architecture, but also for what it signifies peace, friendship and harmony to
its visitors.
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