Tengnoupal (District)

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Tengnoupal District
State Manipur
Administrative headquarters : Tengnoupal
Area : 1213 km²
Residents : 59,110 (2011)
Population density : 49 inhabitants / km²
Website : official website

The district of Tengnoupal is a district in the Indian state of Manipur . The administrative seat is the eponymous city ​​of Tengnoupal .

geography

The Tengnoupal district is located in the southeast of Manipur on the border with Myanmar . Neighboring districts are Imphal East and Kamjong in the north, Chandel in the south and Kakching and Thoubal in the west. In the east the district borders on the state of Myanmar.

The area of ​​the Tengnoupal district is 1213 square kilometers. The district is a highland with numerous hills.

history

The current district was created in 2017 as one of the 7 new districts of Manipur from the sub-divisions Macchi and Tengnoupal of the (previous) district of Chandel. Since the Macchi sub-division was not established until 1994, the Tengnoupal sub-division corresponded to the area of ​​the current district in the previous censuses in 1971, 1981 and 1991.

population

According to the 2011 census, the Tengnoupal district has 59,110 inhabitants. With 49 inhabitants per square kilometer, the district is only sparsely populated. The district is clearly rural. Of the 59,110 residents, 42,263 people (71.5%) live in rural communities and only 16,847 people live in urban areas.

The Tengnoupal district belongs to the areas of Manipur that are mostly populated by members of the "tribal population" ( scheduled tribes ). They include (2011) 49,541 people (83.81 percent of the district's population). The largest groups are the Maring and Thadou . The native Manipuri are not part of the tribal population. In 2011, the Dalit ( scheduled castes ) numbered 460 people (0.78 percent of the district's population).

Population development

As everywhere in India, the population in the Tengnoupal district has been growing rapidly for decades. The increase in the years 2001–2011 was around 22 percent (21.01%). In those ten years the population increased by more than 10,000 people. The exact numbers are shown in the following table (source: Government of Manipur - Population of Manipur 2006, Tables 7.1 to 7.5):

Significant places

The small town of Moreh is the only urban area in the Tengnoupal district with 16,845 inhabitants.

District population by gender

The district usually had - as is common in India - significantly more male and female residents. Only in 2001 was the ratio between the sexes in a normal range.

Distribution of the population by gender in the Tengnoupal district
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
TOTAL 17,389 100% 25,666 100% 30,888 100% 48,849 100% 59.110 100%
Men 9029 51.92% 13,498 52.59% 16.007 51.82% 24,870 50.91% 30,304 51.27%
Women 8360 48.08% 12,168 47.41% 14,881 48.18% 23,979 49.09% 28,806 48.73%

District population by language

Almost the entire population of Tengnoupal District speaks the Tibeto-Burmese languages . Only around 5 percent of the population speaks other languages. Mostly Hindi, Tamil and Nepali. The most widely spoken language in Manipur, Meitei (also Manipuri), is used in the district as a mother tongue by just over 8 percent of the total population.

However, there are major differences between the two former sub-divisions Macchi and Tengnoupal. In 2011, 14,819 (74.6%) of Macchi Maring's 19,865 residents spoke. It was followed by Thado with 2295 people (11.55%) and Tangkhul with 828 people (4.17%). Manipuri was only given as colloquial language by 85 people.

In the sub-division Tengnoupal, Thado was the most widely spoken language with 17,518 (44.64%) of the 39,245 residents. It was followed by Maring with 5307 speakers (13.52%) and Meitei with 4663 speakers (11.88%). About 8 percent of the population used colloquial languages ​​that do not belong to the Tibeto-Burmese languages. These people are particularly numerous in the city of Moreh.

The following table shows the language distribution in all of today's Tengnoupal district.

year Maring Thado Meitei Kuki Hindi Tamil Tangkhul Zou Vaiphei Nepali Total
number % number % number % number % number % number % number % number % number % number % |% number %
2011 20,126 34.05 19,813 33.52 4748 8.03 1674 2.83 944 1.60 905 1.53 904 1.53 847 1.43 795 1.34 539 0.91 59.110 100.00%
Source: 2011 census result

Population of the district by confession

The majority of the residents profess Christianity. Hindus and Muslims form religious minorities. Almost the entire tribal population has converted to Christianity in the past hundred years. The Meitei (Manipuri) form the majority within the Hindus.

However, there are major differences between the two former sub-divisions Macchi and Tengnoupal. In 2011, 19,405 (97.68%) of the 19,865 residents of Macchi were Christians. Only 158 people (0.80%) were Hindus. And only 91 people (0.46%) followers of Islam.

In the entire sub-division Tengnoupal, 30,345 of the 39,245 inhabitants (77.34%) were Christians. Behind them followed the Hindus with 5759 (14.67%) and the Muslims with 2436 (6.21%) followers. In the city of Moreh, of 16,847 residents, 9547 Christians (56.67%), 4403 Hindus (26.14%), 2354 Muslims (13.97%) and 103 people (0.65%) were Buddhists. Among the rural population, however, 20,807 (92.90%) of the 22,398 residents were Christians, 1,356 Hindus (6.05%), 82 Muslims (0.37%) and 109 Buddhists (0.49%).

The following table shows the exact religious composition of the population:

year Buddhists Christians Hindus Jainas Muslims Sikhs Other not specified Total
number % number % number % number % number % number % number % number % number %
2011 238 0.40 49,759 84.18 5917 10.01 28 0.05 2527 4.28 74 0.13 352 0.60 215 0.36 59.110 100.00
Source: 2011 census result

administration

Since it was founded in 2017, the district has been divided into three sub-divisions: Macchi , Moreh and Tengnoupal .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Result of the 2011 census on city population
  2. ^ Result of the 2011 census on the 2011 Census

Web links

Coordinates: 24 ° 24 ′ 0 ″  N , 93 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  E