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at a glance |
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The Imphal West District falls in the Category
of Manipur valley region. It is a tiny plain at the centre
of Manipur surrounded by Plains of other districts. Imphal
City, the State Capital is the nodal functional centre of
this District. As a first glance, we may summarized as in
the table.
It is surrounded by Senapati District on the
north, on the east by Imphal East and Thoubal districts, on
the south by Thoubal and Bishnupur Districts, and on the west
by Senapati and Bishnupur Districts.
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Profile
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| Area |
558 sq. kms. |
| Population |
4,39,532 (Census 2001) |
| Male: |
2,18,947 |
| Female: |
2,20,585 |
| District Head quarter |
Imphal |
| Subdivisions |
4 |
| CD/TD Blocks |
2 |
| Towns |
10 |
| Inhabited villages |
117 |
| Zilla Parishads |
1 |
| Sex Ratio |
1007 (per thousand male) |
| Density |
847 per sq. km. |
| Literacy rate |
80.61 |
| Male |
89.1 |
| Female |
72.24 |
| Latitude |
24.30o N to 25.00o
N |
| Longitude |
93.45o E to 94.15o
E |
| Altitude |
790 m above MSL |
| Climate |
Moderate |
| Annual Rainfall |
108.5 cm to 143.4 cm |
| Temperature |
20.4o C (average) |
| National Highways |
2- N.H.No. 39 Indo-Burma/Myanmar Road, N.H.No.
53 New Cachar Road |
Climate
The district enjoys confortable temperature
throughout the year; not very hot in summer and not very cold
in winter. Over all the climatic condition of the district
is salubriouces and monsoon tropical. The whole district is
under the influence of the monsoons characterised by hot and
humid rainy seasons during the summer, and cool and dry seasons
during the winter. Temperature ranges from minimum of 0o
C to maximum of 36oC. the average annual rainfall
based on the meteorological data published for the years 1991-99
is 1259.5 mm. The district gets rainfall from the South-West
monsoon.
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Soil
The valley area of imphal West district is fertile
land and is mainly made up of alluvial soil of recent origin.
The valley was once full of swamps and marshy lands, the important
ones being Lamphelpat, Takyelpat, Sangaipat, Kakwapat, Poiroupat
(pat means lake). The soil are mainly made up of shallow black,
brown and alluvial soils which have been technically classified
as Udalfs-Ochrepts and Orchrepts-Aquepts-Fluvents.
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Rivers
Main rivers draining Imphal west plain are Imphal
river, Nambul river and their tributaries. The Nambul river
is made up of a number of small streams on its upper course.
The course of the river is short and its outlet falls on Loktak
Lake. This river passes through Imphal Municipality area dividing
its area into almost two equal halves. This river serves as
the main dischargeing drainage of Imphal Bazar area and its
surroundings. During rainy season, swift flowing of water
directed to it from its tributaries can't be contained in
it. As a result, breaking of its river bunds causing waterlogging
in the low lying area is of regular feature.
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