MANIPUR

BY SHAURYA
ABOUT MANIPUR
• MANIPUR 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 MYANMAR, SAGAING REGION TO THE EAST AND CHIN
STATE TO THE SOUTH. THE STATE COVERS AN AREA OF 22,327 KM2. 
SEX RATIO
• AS PER DETAILS FROM CENSUS 2011, MANIPUR HAS POPULATION OF 28.56 LAKHS,
AN INCREASE FROM FIGURE OF 22.94 LAKH IN 2001 CENSUS. TOTAL POPULATION
OF MANIPUR AS PER LATEST CENSUS DATA IS 2,855,794 OF WHICH MALE AND
FEMALE ARE 1,438,586 AND 1,417,208, RESPECTIVELY. IN 2001, TOTAL POPULATION
WAS 2,293,896 IN WHICH MALES WERE 1,161,952 WHILE FEMALES WERE 1,131,944.
THE TOTAL POPULATION GROWTH IN THIS DECADE WAS 24.50 PERCENT WHILE IN
PREVIOUS DECADE IT WAS 30.02 PERCENT. THE POPULATION OF MANIPUR FORMS
0.24 PERCENT OF INDIA IN 2011. IN 2001, THE FIGURE WAS 0.22 PERCENT.
MANIPUR SEX RATIO 2023
SEX RATIO IN MANIPUR IS 985 I.E., FOR EACH 1000 MALE, WHICH IS BELOW
NATIONAL AVERAGE OF 940 AS PER LATEST CENSUS. IN 2001, THE SEX RATIO OF
FEMALE WAS 974 PER 1000 MALES IN MANIPUR.
MANIPUR RELIGION WISE POPULATION
POPULATION BASED UPON RELIGION

HINDU CHRISTIAN MUSLIM OTHER

MANIPUR IS THE FOURTH MOST POPULOUS NORTH-EASTERN STATE OF INDIA AND
HAS A DIVERSE POPULATION OF MANY RELIGIONS & COMMUNITIES. AT THE CENSUS
2011, OUT OF 28.55 LAKHS POPULATION, AROUND 12 LAKHS (41.39%) HAVE
RETURNED THEMSELVES AS FOLLOWERS OF HINDU RELIGION, 11.80 LAKHS (41.29%)
AS CHRISTIANS, 2.40 LAKHS (8.40%) AS MUSLIMS, 2.33 LAKHS (8.19%) AS TRIBAL
RELIGION. IN ADDITION, 0.38% STATED AS NO RELIGION & 0.36% ARE OTHER
RELIGIONS.
 OTHER
BENGALI
MARAM
KUKI
VAIPHEI
LIANGMAI
HIMAR
PAITE
NEPALI
MAO
RONGMEI
POULA
TANGKHUL
THADOU
MEITE(MANIPURI)
0.00% 10.00% 20.00% 30.00% 40.00% 50.00% 60.00%

DATA

PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE SPEAKING DIFFERENT LOCAL

LANGUAGES
OTHER THAN MEITEI LANGUAGE, IN MANIPUR, THERE IS A HUGE AMOUNT OF
LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY, AS IS THE CASE IN MOST OF THE NORTHEAST INDIA. ALMOST
ALL OF THE LANGUAGES ARE SINO-TIBETAN, WITH MANY DIFFERENT SUBGROUPS
REPRESENTED. THERE ARE MULTIPLE KUKI-CHIN LANGUAGES, THE LARGEST
BEING THADOU. ANOTHER MAJOR LANGUAGE FAMILY IS THE NAGA LANGUAGES,
LIKE TANGKHUL, POULA, RONGMEI AND MAO. LESS THAN 5% SPEAK INDO-EUROPEAN
LANGUAGES, MOSTLY NEPALI AND BENGALI, IN ITS SYLHETI DIALECT, WHICH IS THE
MAJOR LANGUAGE OF JIRIBAM DISTRICT.
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