A Short Note on Manipur

Climate – The temperature in the valley is mild, whereas the highlands are frigid. The average high temperature in the summer is in the low 90s F (about 32–34 °C), while the average low temperature in the winter is in the mid-30s F (about 12 °C). Rainfall is plentiful, with an average annual rainfall of 65 inches (1,650 mm). The months of November through February are the driest in the state.

Capital Of Manipur

Imphal is the capital of the state of Manipur in northeastern India. It is located at an elevation of 2,500 feet in the Manipur River valley in the state’s central region (760 meters). Before the territory was ruled by the British, the monarchs of Manipur had their seats at Imphal. On the Burmese front of World War II, it was the scene of a crucial tactical victory for the Anglo-Indian troops over the Japanese in 1944. Weaving, brassware, bronzeware, and other cottage industries make the city an important trading centreImphal College, Imphal Training Centre, Dhana Manjari College, and a technical school are all located within the city limits. Imphal is linked to the North-Eastern Railway in Dimapur, Assam, as well as Myanmar (Burma) by hard-surface roads.  

Relief

Plate tectonics, or the movement of enormous, hard crustal plates over the Earth’s underlying layer of molten material, is now universally accepted as the source of India’s geographic location, continental shape, and fundamental geologic structure. When the Indian-Australian Plate and the Eurasian Plate collided, the northern boundary of the Indian-Australian Plate was pushed under the Eurasian Plate at a low angle (about 50 million years ago).

Population of Manipur

Manipur is India’s far northwestern state, surrounded on the west by Assam, on the north by Nagaland, on the south by Mizoram, and on the east by Myanmar. The mountainous sections of Manipur make up roughly 90% of the overall geographical area, and the total area inhabited by all lakes is around 600 square kilometers. Manipur’s population is expected to reach 3.14 million (31.4 lakhs) by 2022, according to the latest data from Unique Identification Aadhaar India, which was updated on May 31, 2020. Manipur is India’s 24th most populous state, with a total size of 22,327 square kilometers, making it the country’s 24th biggest state. The majority and most populous ethnic group of Manipur is the Meitei, who settled in the middle plains of the state.

According to the 2011 Census, Manipur has a population of 28.56 lakhs, up from 22.94 lakhs in the 2001 census. According to the 2011 census, Manipur’s total population is 2,855,794, with male and female populations of 1,438,586 and 1,417,208, respectively. In 2001, the total population was 2,293,896, with men accounting for 1,161,952 and females accounting for 1,131,944. In this decade, overall population growth was 24.50 per cent, compared to 30.02 per cent in the preceding decade. In 2011, Manipur’s population was 0.24 per cent of India’s total. The figure was 0.22 per cent in 2001.

According to census statistics from Manipur, 93.73 percent of dwellings are owned, while 4.76 percent are rented. In Manipur, 77.78 percent of couples lived in a single family. In 2011, 28.64 percent of the population of Uttar Pradesh had Banking and Non-Banking Finance Corporation access Only 2.03 percent of Uttar Pradesh’s population has access to the internet, but this is expected to change in 2021 as a result of Jio. In Uttar Pradesh, 5.73 percent of families had a car, while 18.23 percent owned two. We will also receive election statistics for Manipur in a few months.

Economy

Bamboo is abundant in Manipur, and it plays an essential role in the state’s economy and cuisine. Manipur’s bamboo stalk dish, soibum yendem eromba, is seen above.

Manipur’s gross state domestic product (GSDP) in 2012–2013 was around 10,188 crore (US$1.3 billion) at market prices.

Agriculture, forestry, cottage industries, and commerce are the mainstays of the local economy. Through the cities of Moreh and Tamu, Manipur serves as India’s “Gateway to the East,” providing a land route for commerce between India and Burma and other nations in Southeast Asia, East Asia, Siberia, the Arctic, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Manipur has the most handicraft units and craftspeople in India’s northeast.

Conservation

In India, there is a major effort to conserve forests and animals. Several species, including elephants, rhinoceros, and tigers, have been designated as endangered, and many more, great and tiny, are considered vulnerable or endangered. Certain animals have been designated as protected species under legislation, while places with unusually great floral variety have been designated as biosphere reserves. There are hardly any woods remaining in private hands. The Ministry of Environment, Forestry, and Climate Change of the national government must approve projects that are likely to harm the environment. Despite these efforts, the diminished expanses of forests, savannas, and grasslands give little prospect of restoring India’s animal population to what it was at the end of the nineteenth century.

Conclusion

Mulberry – 1,226.37 MT, Eri – 434.32 MT, Tasar – 156.20 lakh, and Muga – 86.44 lakh cocoons were produced in Manipur in FY20.

 In 2019-20, the state’s total horticulture crop production is predicted to be 948.03 thousand tonnes, with 97.34 thousand hectares under cultivation.

The state’s total vegetable and fruit output is expected to be 0.391 million tonnes and 0.527 million tonnes in 2019-20, respectively.

Three common processing facilities for bamboo have been constructed.

Manipur is a state in northeastern India. It is surrounded on the north by the Indian states of Nagaland, Assam, and Mizoram, on the west by Myanmar (Burma), and on the south and east by Myanmar (Burma). It is essentially separated from the rest of India, like other northeastern states.