Wangoo is a village in the

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of the

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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 Myanm ...

. It is situated approximately 64 km south of 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 fo ...

. It has an area of 13.05 km² with a population of 6134.

Geography

Wangoo is located at . The geographical area of the village is 13.05 km², thus is the biggest village by area in the district. The

Imphal River The Imphal River ( mni, Imphal Turel), also known as the Turel Achouba, is a major river in Manipur state, northeastern India which originates in Kangpokpi district to the north of Kangpokpi district headquarters Kangpokpi. It is a tributary of ...

passes through Wangoo.

Demographics

India

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, Wangoo had a population of 6134, of which 3095 are males while 3039 are females. The population of children ages 0–6 is 734, thus being 11.96% of the total population of Wangoo. The average

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of the village is 982, lower than Manipur state average of 985. The

child sex ratio In India, the child sex ratio is defined as the number of females per thousand males in the age group 0–6 years in a human population. Thus it is equal to 1000 x the reciprocal of the sex ratio (ratio of males to females in a population) in t ...

for the village, as per census, is 1022, higher than the Manipur average of 930. Wangoo has a lower literacy rate compared to the Manipur average. In 2011, the literacy rate of Wangoo was 67.09%, compared to the 76.94% average of Manipur. In Wangoo, male literacy stands at 76.43% while female literacy rate is 57.53%.

Economy

Agriculture is the main source of income for the majority of the population. Of the total population, 2862 were engaged in work activities. Of those, 1692 are cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 185 were agricultural labourers.

Education

The literacy rate is low compared to other villages in Manipur. There are no colleges in Wangoo.

Schools in Wangoo

* Wangoo Laipham High School * Wangoo Laipham Primary School * Wangoo Awang Leikai Primary School * The Great Academy * Wangoo Sandakhong Primary School * Wangoo Mamang Sabal Primary School * Green Ground Academy * Wangoo Higher secondary school

Culture

Wangoo celebrated 10-day long Tampha Lairembi Haraoba in the summer season. Many people from other places came here to participate

Mukna Mukna is a form of folk wrestling from the north-east Indian state of Manipur. It is popular in Imphal, Thoubal and Bishnupur. The game is generally played on the last day of the Lai Haraoba festival and is an intrinsic part of the ceremonial func ...

on the last day of Lai Haraoba. And also celebrated Wangoo Baji Haraoba for one day in the spring season. Wangoo Baji was a maichou, a learned man well versed in the Meitei traditional knowledge. It is said that he disappeared into thin air one fine day. Before his disappearance, he had said to the people around that he would come back and when he did come back, the dried up leihao

Magnolia champaca ''Magnolia champaca'', known in English as champak (), is a large evergreen tree in the family Magnoliaceae.

tree standing there would spring back to life. When the tree started budding again after many many years later, it was widely believed that he had come back to life, possibly reborn. Napachik, a small hillock in Wangoo village was excavated by the Department of Archaeology, Government of Manipur in 1983. Some tools used by the

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people were discovered at the site. Microliths were also collected from the excavation.

Transportation

It is connected to other parts of the state by the Imphal-Sugnu state highway and the Imphal-Churachandpur highway, through NH-150.

Health care services

Wangoo has a government run Primary Health Centre at Wangoo Laipham Chuthek Leikai.

Politics

Wagoo is under the constituency of

Sugnu Sugnu (also spelt as Sugnoo) is a town in Kakching district in the Indian state of Manipur. Geography Sugnu is located at . It has an average altitude of 764 metres (2509 feet). The town is about 74 km from the capital of Mani ...

and is part of the

Outer Manipur (Lok Sabha constituency) Outer Manipur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the two Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Manipur, a state in northeastern India. The seat is reserved for scheduled tribes. Vidhan Sabha segments Outer Manipur Lok Sabha constituency is ...

References

Villages in Kakching district {{Manipur-geo-stub