Leisang is a village in

Kangpokpi district Kangpokpi district ( Meitei pronunciation: /kāng-pōk-pī/), also known as Sadar Hills district, is one of the 16 districts in the Indian state of Manipur. It was created in December 2016 from areas in the Sadar Hills region which were pre ...

in the Indian state of

Manipur Manipur () ( mni, Kangleipak) is a state in Northeast India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. It is bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south and Assam to the west. It also borders two regions of ...

. It is in a mountainous location and is inaccessible to vehicles; in April 2018 it was the last village in the country to be electrified.

Population

At the

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, there were 12 families and 65 people in Leisang. there are 13 families and 70 people, all Kuki.

Location

Leisang is from a motorable road, and can only be reached on foot or by bicycle, by means of a steep track that is sometimes very muddy. The closest town,

Kangpokpi Kangpokpi ( Meitei pronunciation:/kāng-pōk-pī/), also known as Kanggui, is the headquarter of Kangpokpi district and the Sadar Hills Autonomous District Council in the Indian state of Manipur. Kangpokpi is mainly inhabited by the Thadou- ...

, is away. The closest primary school is away. The village is near a bend on the

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; the only source of potable water is a stream flowing through the village. There are also no medical facilities; emergency cases such as women in labour must be carried to the road. At a public meeting in the state capital,

Imphal Imphal ( Meitei pronunciation: /im.pʰal/; English pronunciation: ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Manipur. The metropolitan centre of the city contains the ruins of Kangla Palace (also known as Kangla Fort), the royal seat of the f ...

, in May 2018 the villagers requested a road connection, water purification facilities, and an

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childcare and health centre.

History

The village was established in 1996 and originally called Leisang Khonomphai or L. Khonomphai. It was recognised in 2002. Formerly in Senapati district, it became part of the newly formed Kangpokpi district in late 2016. Nearby villages were electrified in 2017. On April 27, 2018, electricity was turned on in Leisang for the first time, the culmination of the thousand-day Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana program to electrify all the remaining villages of India announced by Prime Minister

Narendra Modi Narendra Damodardas Modi (; born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current Prime Minister of India since 2014. Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament fro ...

in his speech on Independence Day in 2015. service remains erratic, with outages as long as three months caused in part by the difficulty of access to make repairs, but some villagers have acquired televisions.

References

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