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446:), while the northern part was added to the 'Manipur Central' district headquartered at Imphal. This also meant that Jiribam became part of the valley area of Manipur, rather than hill area. To avoid the anomaly, the eastern part consisting of the Vangai range was transferred to the Tipaimukh subdivision. With the reorganisation of 'Manipur Central', Jiribam got attached to the
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916:, No. 10-E-3, 25 May 1951. "The Hill areas of the State of Manipur shall consist of the following: 1. The whole of the Ukhrul, Churachandpur, Tamenglong, and Jiribam Sub-Divisions and the areas formerly comprised in the now-defunct Mao and Tengnoupal Subdivisions which have since been amalgamated with the Sadar and Thoubal Sub-Divisions respectively...."
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At the time of the 2011 census, the district had a population of 42,838. Jiribam had a sex ratio of 945 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 63.11%. 16.75% of the population lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and
Scheduled Tribes made up 16.94% and 12.52% of the population respectively.
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Manipur ceding all claims to the territory up to the western stretch of Barak River and the Jiri River. Thus the eastern portion of the Jiribam valley came under the control of Manipur, while the rest remained under
412:(Manipur valley). This meant that the settlers had to be treated as 'British subjects' rather than 'Manipur state subjects' and revenue settlement orders and dispute resolutions had to be carried out by the British
373:, which was used by the travellers on the Silchar–Manipur road (called "Cachar Road" in Manipur). The Manipur state government decided to open the valley for agricultural settlement in 1907, and by 1911, 14,346
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that flows from north in the same valley drains into the Barak River.
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Jiribam district as a whole is one state assembly constituency - the
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in the south. It was designated as a hill subdivision.
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21:District of Manipur in India
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141:Language(s)
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575:, 30.51%
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630:See also
591:, 1.46%
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198:NH-37
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71:India
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