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A district of an Indian state is an administrative geographical unit, headed by a district magistrate or a deputy commissioner, an officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service. The district magistrate or the deputy commissioner is assisted by a number of officials belonging to different wings of the administrative services of the state.
The districts of Manipur as of 2011. Some of the subdivisions have since become independent districts. The districts in the middle, the Imphal valley: Imphal East, Imphal West, Thoubal and Bishnupur densely populated and dominated by the Meitei people, whereas the outer districts are primarily hilly, sparsely populated and dominated by non-Meitei peoples.
In 2011, Tamenglong was the least populous district in Manipur. [3] In 2016, the Nungba subdivision was separated as a separate district. [ 4 ] Tamenglong district is also the largest district of Manipur in 2024 with an area of 3,315 km2.
It is housed in the Capital Complex in the Thangmeiband locality of Imphal city. The term of the Legislative Assembly is five years, unless dissolved earlier. Presently, it comprises 60 members who are directly elected from single-seat constituencies., of which 40 are in the Imphal Valley and 20 in the surrounding hill districts.
Presently, it comprises 60 members who are directly elected from single-seat constituencies, of which 40 are in the Imphal Valley and 20 in the surrounding hill districts. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] At present, 1 assembly constituency is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes and 19 assembly constituencies are reserved for candidates ...
A state of 3.2 million people, Manipur has been divided into two ethnic enclaves since the conflict began in May 2023 - a valley controlled by the Meiteis and the Kuki-dominated hills.
The pre-2017 district configuration of Manipur marks some of the subdivisions of the 1950s and 1960s. The moderate Naga People's Convention held in 1957 did not include Manipur's Naga-inhabited areas of Manipur in the "unified Nagaland" idea. [9] Meanwhile, the Manipur Naga Council, set up in 1956, merged with the Naga National Council in 1957 ...
Manipur has a long history of armed insurgency and violence. Naga tribes have demanded a greater Nagaland which incorporates the Naga-majority hill districts of Manipur as well as parts of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Myanmar into the present-day state of Nagaland. In 2011, there was an economic blockade that continued for more than 100 days.