Leimakhong is a small town in the
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 previ ...
in
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 ...
, India .It is on Kangpokpi's border with the
Imphal West district
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, approximately 30Km west of the
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 ...
city. It is on the bank of the Leimakhong River, a tributary of 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 ...
. The town is inhabited by
Kuki,
Nepali and
Meitei communities . According to the 2011 census, the town had a population of 3544.
Leimakhong contains the headquarters of the 57th Mountain Division of the
Indian Army
The Indian Army is the land-based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Army, and its professional head is the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), who is a four- ...
. The military hospital in the divisional headquarters has been often used to treat injured personnel and civilians.
Villages
Some of the villages in Leimakhong are:
* Leimakhong Bazar
* Prem Nagar
* Chingmang
* P moulding
* Khunkho
* Dwarka
Power generation
Leimakhong has the distinction of housing the original power generation capacity of Manipur dating back to 1930. Two micro hydro-electric power stations with capacities of 100 KW and 56 KW were installed here. The original power station was washed way due to a land slide in June 1962.
At present, Leimakhong has a micro hydro-electric power station with a capacity 600 KW and a furnace oil-based (heavy fuel-based) power house with a capacity of 36 MW. The cost of the latter is said to be abnormally high. In addition, there are several diesel power houses on standby for emergency usage.
In January 2024, in the midst of
2023–2024 Manipur violence, the furnace oil from the power station is said to have leaked. It contaminated the Leimakhong river, causing a serious environmental concern.
Four men feared dead in Manipur; combustible fluid mixes in rivulet
The Hindu, 11 January 2024.
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Cities and towns in Kangpokpi district
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