Churachandpur (District)

Churachandpur District
State	Manipur
Administrative headquarters :	Churachandpur
Area :	4570 km²
Residents :	274,143 (2011)
Population density :	60 people / km²
Website :	official website

The Churachandpur District is a district in the Indian state of Manipur . The administrative seat is the eponymous city of Churachandpur .

geography

The district of Churachandpur is located in the south of Manipur on the border with Myanmar . Neighboring districts are Noney in the northwest and north, Senapati in the northeast, Bishnupur and Chandel in the east and Pherzawl in the west. In the south the district borders on the state of Myanmar and in the southwest on the state of Mizoram . The Churachandpur District is divided into five sub-divisions: Chakpikarong, Chandel, Khengjoy, Machi and Tengnoupal.

The area of the district of Churachandpur is 4570 square kilometers. The district is a highland with numerous hills.

history

In the late 19th century, the British conquered the area and the area became part of Manipur within Bengal. During World War II it was close to the front line between the British and the Japanese. After Indian independence, Manipur joined India in 1949. Until 1983, today's district was called Manipur South as a sub-division . A small part of the area was ceded to the Bishnupur district (0.21 percent of its area) in 1983 . On December 6, 2016, the western part of the district was separated. The new Pherzawl district emerged from this .

population

According to the 2011 census, the Churachandpur district has a population of 274,143. With 60 inhabitants per square kilometer, the district is only sparsely populated. The district is clearly rural.

The Churachandpur district is one of the areas of Manipur that are mostly populated by members of the "tribal population" ( scheduled tribes ). They include (2011) 254,787 people (92.7 percent of the district's population). The largest groups are the Thadou , Paite and Hmar . The Dalit ( scheduled castes ) numbered 443 people in 2011 (0.16 percent of the district's population).

Population development

As everywhere in India, the population in the Churachandpur district has been growing rapidly for decades. The increase in the years 2001–2011 was around 20 percent (20.29%). In these ten years the population increased by more than 46,000 people. The following table shows the exact numbers:

Significant places

There are only two settlements in the district with more than 5000 residents. The urban population makes up only 6.8 percent of the total population.

District population by gender

As in many parts of India, the percentage of the female population has decreased at times over the past few decades. Nevertheless, the fluctuations within the sexes for Indian standards - with the exception of 1991 - are within a medium range (proportion of women between 48.15 and 51.18% since independence).

Distribution of the population by gender in the Churachandpur district
	1951 census		1961 census		1971 census		1981 census		1991 census		2001 census		2011 census
	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of
TOTAL	44,496	100%	66,304	100%	100,418	100%	134.494	100%	176.184	100%	227.905	100%	274.143	100%
Men	21,725	48.82%	33.092	49.91%	50,810	50.60%	69,732	51.85%	91,218	51.77%	117,232	51.44%	138,820	50.64%
Women	22,771	51.18%	33,212	50.09%	49,608	49.40%	64,762	48.15%	84,966	48.23%	110,673	48.56%	135,323	49.36%

District population by language

Almost the entire population of the Churachandpur District speaks Tibetan-Burmese languages . Less than 3 percent of the population - mostly immigrants from other regions - speak a different language. Most commonly spoken of these languages are Hindi, Bengali and Nepali.

year	Thado		Paite		Hmar		Vaiphei		Zou		Gangte		Simte / Kuki		Meitei		Lushai		Com		Total
year	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%
2001	53,798	23.61	45,048	19.77	37,760	16.57	22,898	10.05	15,427	6.77	9440	4.14	7985	3.50	6159	2.70	5450	2.39	4849	2.13	227.905	100.00
2011	72.127	26.31	52,716	19.23	43,796	15.98	26,526	9.68	20.305	7.41	11,890	4.34	4925	1.80	6594	2.41	5033	1.84	5945	2.17	274.143	100.00
Source: Results of the 2001 and 2011 censuses

Population of the district by confession

Today the majority of the residents profess Christianity. Since India's independence, almost all tribesmen ( scheduled tribes ) converted to Christianity. The Baptists are particularly numerous (Manipur Baptist Convention; at the end of 2015 1303 parishes with 196,217 members). The only significant religious minority are the Hindus with around 4.4 percent of the population. The approximately 2,900 Muslims form a smaller minority. The following table shows the exact religious composition of the population:

year	Buddhists		Christians		Hindus		Jainas		Muslims		Sikhs		Other		not specified		Total
year	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%
1961	4th	0.01%	48,554	77.79%	2825	4.53%	23	0.04%	36	0.06%	51	0.08%	10,925	17.50%	0	0.00%	62,418	100.00%
2011	495	0.18%	254.979	93.01%	12,034	4.39%	87	0.03%	2886	1.05%	152	0.06%	2333	0.85%	1177	0.43%	274.143	100.00%
Source: Results of the 1961 and 2011 censuses

education

Despite significant efforts, the goal of full literacy has not yet been fully achieved. Nevertheless, the district is one of the Indian areas with high literacy. This has shown huge advances in the last few decades. The following table shows the development:

Literacy in the Churachandpur District
unit	1991 census		2001 census		2011 census
unit	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of
TOTAL	85,355	58.17%	139.080	70.59%	195.935	82.78%
Men	50,597	66.38%	78,871	77.67%	104.013	86.97%
Women	34,758	49.30%	60.209	63.06%	91,922	78.50%
TOTAL CITY	21,757	76.32%	0	0%	14,417	88.65%
City men	12.001	83.54%	0	0%	7509	92.89%
City women	9746	68.92%	0	0%	6908	84.47%
TOTAL COUNTRY	63,598	53.79%	139.080	70.59%	181,518	82.34%
Country men	38,586	62.38%	78,871	77.67%	96.504	86.54%
Country women	25,012	44.38%	60.209	63.06%	85.014	78.05%
Source: Government of Manipur, Population of Manipur 2006 and result of the 2011 census

administration

The district was divided into five sub-divisions at the last census in 2011:

Population in the sub-divisions
	Churachandpur		Churachandpur North		Singngat		Thanlon		Tipaimukh
	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of
TOTAL	174,138	100%	30,616	100%	22,130	100%	18,464	100%	28,795	100%
Men	87,542	50.27%	15,763	51.49%	11,609	52.46%	9485	51.37%	14,421	50.08%
Women	86,596	49.73%	14,853	48.51%	10,521	47.54%	8979	48.63%	14,374	49.92%

Individual evidence

Web links

23.55 93.5Coordinates: 23 ° 33 ′ 0 ″ N , 93 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ E

[1] Churachandpur District: Census 2011 data

[2] A - 2 DECADAL VARIATION IN POPULATION SINCE 1901

[3] Result of the 2011 census on city population

[4] Information from the Baptist World Alliance

[5] District Census Handbook Churachandpur