Tamenglong (District)

Tamenglong District
State	Manipur
Administrative headquarters :	Tamenglong
Area :	4391 km²
Residents :	140,651 (2011)
Population density :	32 people / km²
Website :	official website

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

geography

The Tamenglong District is located in the west of Manipur. The area of the district is 4391 square kilometers. Large parts of the district are mountainous and are drained by numerous rivers and streams. Several mountain peaks are more than 2000 meters above sea level (Laikot 2832, Koubru 2561, Sintongbung 2437, Chabamlong 2093, Thingdoi 2080 meters above sea level). A full 88 percent of the district is covered by forest. Partly from evergreen forests. In summer, daytime temperatures reach 26 to 36 degrees. Because of the altitude, temperatures drop to 0 to 11 degrees at night in the colder months. The amount of rain varies greatly and varies from 813 mm to 3400 mm per year.

Neighboring districts are Senapati in the north and northeast, Churachandpur in the south and Imphal East in the southwest. Tamenglong borders the state of Assam to the west and the state of Nagaland to the north .

history

In the late 19th century, the British conquered the region 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. The district was created on November 12, 1969 by dividing the Manipur territory into five districts. From November 12, 1969 to July 15, 1983, today's district was called Manipur West . On December 6, 2016, the southern part of the district was separated. This gave rise to the new Noney District .

population

According to the 2011 census, the Tamenglong district has 140,651 inhabitants. With 32 inhabitants per square kilometer, the district is only sparsely populated. The district is clearly rural. Of the residents, 121,288 people (86.23%) live in rural communities and 19,363 people in urban areas.

The Tamenglong District is one of the areas of Manipur that are almost entirely populated by members of the "tribal population" ( scheduled tribes ). Among them were (2011) 134,626 people (95.72 percent of the district population). The Dalit ( scheduled castes ) numbered 22 people in 2011 (0.02 percent of the district's population).

Population development

As everywhere in India, the population in the Tamenglong district has been growing rapidly for decades. The increase in the years 2001–2011 was around 26 percent (26.15%). In these ten years the population increased by around 29,000 people. The following table shows the exact numbers:

Significant places

There is only one settlement in the district with more than 10,000 residents. The small town of Tamenglong, the district capital, is the only urban settlement with 19,363 inhabitants. The urban population makes up only 13.8 percent of the total population.

District population by gender

The district originally had - very unusual for India - more female and male residents. Between 1951 and 2001 the proportion of men increased sharply. But it is now slowly falling to a normal value.

Distribution of the population by gender in Tamenglong 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	33,519	100%	37,667	100%	46,034	100%	62,289	100%	86,278	100%	111,499	100%	140,651	100%
Men	15,979	47.67%	18.303	48.59%	22,867	49.67%	31,538	50.63%	44,593	51.69%	58.014	52.03%	72,371	51.45%
Women	17,540	52.33%	19,364	51.41%	23,167	50.33%	30,751	49.37%	41,685	48.31%	53,485	47.97%	68,280	48.55%

District population by language

Almost the entire population of Tamenglong District speaks a Tibetan Burman language . The five languages Rongmei, Liangmei, Kabui, Zemi and Thado account for almost 90 percent. Less than 2 percent of the population - mostly people who have immigrated from other regions - speak a different language. Most commonly spoken of these languages are Hindi, Bengali and Nepali.

year	Rongmei		Liangmei		Kabui		Zemi		Thado		Gangte		Chirr		Kuki		Dogri		Hindi		Total
year	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%
2001	49,404	44.31	25,782	23.12	9184	8.23	8037	7.21	6163	5.53	1751	1.57	k.Ang.	-	913	0.82	369	0.33	1120	1.00	111,499	100.00
2011	51,562	36.66	31,648	22.50	29,600	21.04	11,181	7.95	6112	4.35	1578	1.12	1554	1.10	1463	1.04	855	0.61	712	0.51	140,651	100.00
Source: Results of the 2001 and 2011 censuses

Population of the district by confession

The residents profess Christianity almost completely. The approximately 3,000 Hindus form a small minority. Since India's independence, almost all tribesmen ( scheduled tribes ) converted to Christianity. 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	%
2001	7th	0.01%	105.791	94.88%	3187	2.86%	11	0.01%	1431	1.28%	67	0.06%	985	0.88%	20th	0.02%	111,499	100.00%
2011	425	0.30%	134,760	95.81%	2995	2.13%	57	0.04%	589	0.42%	59	0.04%	1144	0.81%	622	0.44%	140,651	100.00%
Source: Results of the 2001 and 2011 censuses

education

Despite significant efforts, the goal of full literacy has not yet been achieved. While almost 90% of men can read and write in the cities, the literacy rate of women in rural areas is just over 60%. But education has made huge strides in the last few decades. The following table shows the development:

Literacy in Tamenglong District
unit	1991 census		2001 census		2011 census
unit	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of
TOTAL	36,039	50.16%	56,819	59.25%	85.006	70.05%
Men	22,289	59.92%	34,329	68.72%	47,403	63.69%
Women	13,750	39.68%	22,490	48.95%	37,603	64.09%
TOTAL CITY	0	-	0	-	14,504	86.95%
City men	0	-	0	-	7674	90.64%
City women	0	-	0	-	6830	83.15%
TOTAL COUNTRY	36,039	50.16%	56,819	59.25%	70.502	67.36%
Country men	22,289	59.92%	34,329	68.72%	39,729	73.80%
Country women	13,750	39.68%	22,490	48.95%	30,773	60.54%
Source: Government of Manipur, Population of Manipur 2006 and result of the 2011 census

administration

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

Population in the sub-divisions
	Nungba		Tamenglong		Tamenglong North		Tamenglong West
	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of
TOTAL	36,671	100%	48.182	100%	28,056	100%	27,742	100%
Men	18,917	51.59%	24,543	50.94%	14,927	53.20%	13,984	50.41%
Women	17,754	48.41%	23,639	49.06%	13,129	46.80%	13,758	49.59%
city	0	0.00%	19,363	40.19%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
country	36,671	100%	28,819	59.81%	28,056	100%	27,742	100%

Individual evidence

Web links

24.59 93.29Coordinates: 24 ° 35 ′ 24 ″ N , 93 ° 17 ′ 24 ″ E

[1] Tamenglong District: Census 2011 data

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

[3] Result of the 2011 census on city population

[4] District Census Handbook Tamenglong