Peniel is a village in

Churachandpur district Churachandpur District ( Meitei pronunciation: ''/tʃʊraːˌtʃaːnɗpʊr/''), is one of the 16 districts in the southwestern corner of the Indian state of Manipur that covers an area of . It is named after the Meitei King Churachand Singh ...

of Manipur, India.

Etymology

The word Peniel is derived from Hebrew Language "

Penuel Penuel (or ''Pniel'', ''Pnuel''; Hebrew: ''Pənūʾēl'') is a place described in the Hebrew Bible as being not far from Succoth, on the east of the Jordan River and south of the river Jabbok in present-day Jordan. Penuel is mentioned in the Boo ...

" meaning "Face of God". It is then a name of a placed named when after Jacob see God face to face, and his life was spared; wherein Jacob's name was changed to Israel.
The same has been replicated to the name of village under Tuibong T.D. Block, Churachandpur Sub-Division, Churachandpur District, Manipur State, India.

Chief

Elder T. Lhunkholet Haokip, Block Development Officer (BDO) in Sangaikot TD Block, Churachandpur, Manipur is the Chief of Peniel Village.

History

Before the establishment of Peniel Village, on 15 January 2003 Peniel Evangelical Congregational Church was established among

Indian Christians Christianity is India's third-largest religion with about 27.8 million adherents, making up 2.3 percent of the population as of the 2011 census. The written records of the Saint Thomas Christians state that Christianity was introduced to th ...

residing in Koite/Kumbipukhri; the village was established in the same year. Until April 2007, no form of layout plantation and construction was initiated. From 24 May 2007 till 7 July 2007 Peniel EC Church construction was completed within 54 days. On 7 July 2007 i.e., 07-07-07 Peniel EC Church was inaugurated and dedicated. In the early part of 2008, Mr. Vungkholun Khongsai and their family completed their house and became the first to settler in Peniel Village. Later on, one by one, family from different place shifted and a complete village was fashioned in to being under the name "Peniel Village".

Administration

The Village is administered by the Village Authority (VA) as its head of the village governing body. The Chief acts himself as the Chief Justice of the Village Court as per customary law practice of the Thadou.
Youth Club, Water Welfare and Electricity Welfare are all the autonomous body under the Village Authority of Peniel Village.

Infrastructure

# 24x7 Water supply funded by Non-Lapsable Central Pool of Resources (NLCPR) Scheme for Churachandpur Town Zone I where Tanky being situated at K. Mongjang Village at an estimated cost of Rs 14 crores with water source from Koite and Loklao rivers. # Electrified- Singhat Line Connection. # A Reserved of 100' X 150' size playground ground for children and sports activities. # Pucca Road- An IVR of 0.3 km from NH-150 or Koite Village i.e., SEDO Henglep Road. # Semi-Pucca Road within the village with pucca side drain or nullah.

Composition

Peniel Village is populated by various ethnic tribes and clans. Majority of the villagers are Thadou and means of communication among the villagers is purely in Thadou language. The total number of Household as per updated on 5 February 2015 is 40.

References

{{Reflist Villages in Churachandpur district 2003 establishments in Manipur Populated places established in 2003