Chandel district ( Meitei pronunciation:/ˌtʃænˈdɛl/) is one of the 16

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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 ...

state in northeastern

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. As of 2011 it was the second least populous district in the state, after

Tamenglong Tamenglong ( Meitei pronunciation:/tæmɛŋˈlɒŋ/) is a town in the Naga hills of Manipur and the district headquarter of the Tamenglong district. Geography Tamenglong is located in western Manipur lying on the hilltop from which desc ...

. In December 2016, a part of the district was split to establish the new

Tengnoupal district Tengnoupal district ( Meitei pronunciation:/teŋ-nə́u-pəl/) is a district in Manipur, India. It was created in December 2016 by splitting the Chandel district. The district headquarters has been relocated to Tengnoupal – (). In the 1960s a ...

History

In 1974, the Chandel district was formed under the name "Tengnoupal district". In 1983, the name was changed to Chandel district, as the district headquarters were located at Chandel. In December 2016, the present-day

was split from the Chandel district.

Economy

In 2006 the

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named Chandel as one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640). It was then one of the three districts in Manipur receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Chandel district has a

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of 85,072. This gives it a ranking of 602nd in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 21.72%. Chandel has a

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of 932

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for every 1000 males, and a

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of 70.85%.

Languages

Languages spoken include Pakan, Thadou, Vaiphei, Zou, Lamkang and Meitei. In addition there is

Aimol The Aimol people are an ethnic group living mainly in Manipur and in parts of Mizoram, Tripura,Nagaland and Assam in India. They speak Aimol language which is a Kuki-Chin language. Aimol people are one of the Chin-Kuki-Mizo people. They pract ...

, a

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tongue with fewer than 2500 speakers, written in the

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; and

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, which is also Sino-Tibetan and spoken by approximately 14,000 Indians.

Flora and fauna

In 1989, the Chandel district (which then included the

) became home to the Yangoupokpi-Lokchao

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, which has an area of .

Autonomous district council

At the district level there is the Chandel Autonomous District Council.

Notes

References

External links

Official government website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chandel District Districts of Manipur Minority Concentrated Districts in India 1974 establishments in Manipur