Thoubal (District)

Thoubal District
State	Manipur
Administrative headquarters :	Thoubal
Area :	514 km²
Residents :	422,168 (2011)
Population density :	821 inhabitants / km²
Website :	official website

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

geography

The Thoubal district is located in the center of Manipur. Large parts of the district are highland plains along the numerous rivers. There are also two large lakes, Ikot Pat and Pumlen Pat . Part of the Thoubal district to the east and south of the area is hilly. The area of the district is 514 square kilometers. In the warm season the temperatures are between 31 and 38 degrees. Because of the altitude, temperatures drop to 2 degrees in the colder months.

Neighboring districts are Imphal East in the north, Senapati in the north and northeast, Chandel in the east and south, Churachandpur in the southwest, Bishnupur in the west and Imphal West in the west and northwest. The Thoubal District is (as of 2018) divided into the six sub-divisions Heirok, Irong Chesaba, Khongjom, Lilong, Thoubal and Yairipok.

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 in 1983 from parts of what was then the Manipur Central district . On December 6, 2016, the southern part of the district was separated. This gave rise to the new Kakching district .

population

According to the 2011 census, the Thoubal district has 422,168 inhabitants. With 821 inhabitants per square kilometer, the district is densely populated. The district is clearly rural. Of the residents, 270,835 people (64.15%) live in rural communities and 151,333 people in urban areas.

The Thoubal district is one of the areas of Manipur that are only sparsely populated by members of the "tribal population" ( scheduled tribes ). Among them were (2011) 1808 people (0.43 percent of the district population). The Dalit ( scheduled castes ) numbered 40,593 people in 2011 (9.63 percent of the district's population). In the 2011 three districts of Kakching, Lilong and Thoubal, the majority of the tribal population (1154 of 1808 people) and the Dalits (39,391 of 40,593 people) lived in the district of Kakching, which split off in 2016 and became a separate district.

Population development

As everywhere in India, the population in the Thoubal district has been growing rapidly for decades. The increase in the years 2001–2011 was around 16 percent (15.94%). In these ten years the population increased by more than 58,000 people. The following table shows the exact numbers:

Significant places

There are only four settlements with more than 10,000 residents in the district. The urban population still makes up 35.8 percent of the total population.

District population by gender

Unlike many parts of India, the difference between the male and female populations is very small.

Distribution of the population by gender in the Thoubal 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	99,631	100%	135,462	100%	182,500	100%	232.675	100%	293,958	100%	364.140	100%	422.168	100%
Men	49,235	49.42%	67,258	49.65%	91,788	50.29%	116,684	50.15%	148,432	50.49%	182,250	50.05%	210,845	49.94%
Women	50,396	50.58%	68.204	50.35%	90.712	49.71%	115.991	49.85%	145,526	49.51%	181,890	49.95%	211,323	50.06%

District population by language

Almost the entire population of Thoubal District speaks Meitei (Manipuri), a Tibetan-Burmese language . 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 Bengali, Nepali and Hindi.

year	Meitei		Nepali		Bengali		Hindi		Kabui		Maring		Marathi		Bhojpuri		Tangkhul		Kumauni		Total
year	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%
2001	349,446	95.96	1750	0.48	965	0.27	781	0.21	492	0.14	334	0.09	17th	0.00	162	0.04	385	0.11	64	0.02	364.140	100.00
2011	415,654	98.46	1761	0.42	1197	0.28	593	0.14	494	0.12	392	0.09	200	0.05	180	0.04	160	0.04	139	0.03	422.168	100.00
Source: Results of the 2001 and 2011 censuses

Population of the district by confession

The majority of the residents profess Hinduism. The only significant religious minority are the Muslims with around 25.4 percent of the population. Around 4,300 Christians form a smaller 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	%
1961	1	0.00%	242	0.18%	108,333	79.97%	0	0.00%	25,919	19.13%	9	0.01%	548	0.40%	410	0.30%	135,462	100.00%
2011	114	0.03%	4322	1.02%	267.146	63.28%	24	0.01%	107,323	25.42%	106	0.03%	42,347	10.03%	786	0.19%	422.168	100.00%
Source: Results of the 1961 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 the Thoubal district
unit	1991 census		2001 census		2011 census
unit	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of
TOTAL	126,361	52.47%	202.102	66.41%	269,304	74.47%
Men	83.057	68.33%	122.109	80.43%	152.617	85.00%
Women	43,304	36.31%	79.993	52.46%	116,687	64.09%
TOTAL CITY	52,500	59.29%	81,837	73.56%	104,934	80.25%
City men	32,826	74.04%	47,639	85.70%	57.903	89.43%
City women	19,674	44.50%	34,198	61.21%	47,031	71.24%
TOTAL COUNTRY	73,861	48.50%	120,265	62.30%	164,370	71.20%
Country men	50,231	65.05%	74,470	77.22%	94.714	82.49%
Country women	23,630	31.48%	45,795	49.20%	69,656	60.02%
Source: Government of Manipur, Population of Manipur 2006 and result of the 2011 census

administration

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

Population in the sub-divisions
	Kakching		Lilong		Thoubal
	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of
TOTAL	135,481	100%	87,377	100%	199.310	100%
Men	67,642	49.93%	43,784	50.11%	99,419	49.88%
Women	67,839	50.07%	43,593	49.89%	99,891	50.12%
city	48,649	35.91%	28,749	32.90%	73.935	37.10%
country	86,832	64.09%	58,628	67.10%	125,375	62.90%

Individual evidence

Web links

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

[1] Thoubal 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 Thoubal