Jiribam District (
Meitei pronunciation: /jee-ree-baam/) is a district in the state of
Manipur
Manipur () ( mni, Kangleipak) is a States and territories of India, 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 ...
,
India
India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ...
. It was created in December 2016 from the
Imphal East
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district.
Administrative divisions
The following are the sub-divisions in Jiribam district:
*
Jiribam
* Borobekra
Jiribam district as a whole is one state assembly constituency - the
Jiribam Assembly constituency.
Demographics
The district had a population of 42,838. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 16.94% and 12.52% of the population respectively.
Religion
Hinduism is the majority religion in Jiribam district, followed by Islam.
Language
Notes
References
External links
Jiribam district
Districts of Manipur
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