Kisong is a village in the central Sadar sub-division of
West Tripura
West Tripura is an administrative district in the state of Tripura in India. The district headquarters are located at Agartala. As of 2012 it is the most populous district of Tripura (out of 8).
Geography
Climate
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, a district of
Tripura
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,
India
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. It is about 5 kilometers away from the
NEEPCO
North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO) is
a central public sector undertaking. It is under the ownership of Ministry of Power, Government of India. It was formed on 2 April 1976 to plan, investigate, design, construct, gene ...
Power Station in Khayerpur. It is well connected with the
Abhicharan
Abhicharan is a village in Sadar sub-division of West Tripura district of Tripura, India. The people here belong to the Tripuri people, Tripuri tribe and they speak Kokborok. The government figure for the population is 2822. The village has amen ...
village and the
Durga Chowdhury
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Durga's legend centres around comb ...
village. The local church, Kisong Baptist Church, has been very active since its establishment and is also one of the oldest churches amongst the
Kokborok
Kokborok (also known as Tripuri or Tiprakok) is the main native language of the Tripuri people of the Indian state of Tripura and neighbouring areas of Bangladesh. Its name comes from ''kok'' meaning "verbal" and ''borok'' meaning "people" or ...
speaking people of Tripura.
Village people
The people dwelling in this village belong to the
Tripuri tribe and speak the
Kokborok
Kokborok (also known as Tripuri or Tiprakok) is the main native language of the Tripuri people of the Indian state of Tripura and neighbouring areas of Bangladesh. Its name comes from ''kok'' meaning "verbal" and ''borok'' meaning "people" or ...
language. Their livelihood is mainly agriculture-based. The staple food of people here is
rice
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.
About Christianity
The kisong Baptist Church Established in 1973 year, in these village 80% people are Christians. This church belongs to Baptist Liberal Denominations under the sadar North Baptist Association. From these Church two representative workers are working under the sadar North Baptist Association, Till now they both are working as an Evangelist, Evan, Nripendra debbarma (Joined:1 June 2009) & Evan, Somchati (Govt.) debbarma (Joined : June 2011).
About Church Office
Life Deacons:
* Sambhuram Debbarma
* Anil debbarma
Deacons:
* Radha Mohan Debbarma (Former)
* Rabi debbarma
* Subal debbarma
* Sutrang debbarma
* Bijoy debbarma (Duration, 2012-2016 March)
ecretary: Joseph Debbarma (employee),
reasure: Dn. Rabi debbarma.
ocal pastor Ocal or OCAL may refer to:
* Öcal, Turkish surname
* Öçal, Turkish surname
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: C.K Choma ( ECM Missionary).
epresented Worker: Evan, Nripendra debbarmaa & Evan, Somchati Debbarma.
embers of the Church
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: 400 (Around).
ovt. Service: (Above)-60.
See also
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Kokborok
Kokborok (also known as Tripuri or Tiprakok) is the main native language of the Tripuri people of the Indian state of Tripura and neighbouring areas of Bangladesh. Its name comes from ''kok'' meaning "verbal" and ''borok'' meaning "people" or ...
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Tripuri people
The Tripuri (also known as Tripura, Tipra, Tiprasa, Twipra) are an ethnic group originating in the Indian state of Tripura. They are the inhabitants of the Twipra/Tripura Kingdom in North-East India, North-East India and Bangladesh. The Tripuri ...
Agartala
Villages in West Tripura district
West Tripura district
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