Kamjong Explained

Kamjong
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:India Manipur#India
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Manipur, India
Coordinates:24.8656°N 94.5106°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Manipur
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Kamjong district
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:729
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Language(s)
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Meitei (officially called Manipuri)[1]
Demographics1 Title2:Regional
Demographics1 Info2:Tangkhul and Thadou
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:795145
Registration Plate:MN
Blank1 Name Sec1:Nearest city
Blank1 Info Sec1:
Blank2 Name Sec1:Literacy
Blank2 Info Sec1:71.96%
Blank3 Name Sec1:Lok Sabha constituency
Blank3 Info Sec1:Outer Manipur
Blank4 Name Sec1:Vidhan Sabha constituency
Blank4 Info Sec1:Phungyar

Kamjong (Meitei pronunciation: /kām-jōng/), is the headquarters of Kamjong district, Manipur state, India. The village is about 120 kilometers from Imphal and is connected by Ukhrul-Kamjong State highway. This District headquarter is flanked by Langli in the north, Bungpa in the south, the Phange in the east and Dangthi in the west.

People and occupation

According to 2011 census, Kamjong has 121 households with the total of 729 people.[2] The population consists of Tangkhul Naga tribe and Thadou people. Majority of the inhabitants are Christians. Agriculture is the primary occupation of the inhabitants. Due to the porous international border with Myanmar Kamjong area most often is in the news for militancy activities.[3] Kamjong area is also well known in the district for the poor transport system due to bad road condition and the inhabitants suffer most during the rainy season because of frequent landslides.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Report of the Commissioner for linguistic minorities: 47th report (July 2008 to June 2010) . 78 . . 16 February 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120513161847/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM47thReport.pdf . 13 May 2012 .
  2. Web site: Kamjong-Chassad population . 2015-10-11 . Census 2011.
  3. Web site: Active militancy. Kangla online. 2015-10-11 .
  4. Web site: Transport system. e-pao. 2015-10-11 .