Phaitol
Phaitol
Pheitual | |
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  Phaitol Location in Manipur, India  Phaitol Phaitol (India) | |
| Coordinates: 24°47′03″N 93°09′24″E / 24.7841°N 93.1567°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Manipur |
| District | Tamenglong/Jiribam |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 971 |
| Language(s) | |
| • Official | Meitei |
| • Spoken | Thadou |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
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Phaitol [a] is a village in Manipur, India. It is at the foothills of the Vangaitang range, close to the National Highway 37. The village is part of Tamenglong district, Tousem Subdivision, but it is geographically located within the precincts of Jiribam district.[4]
During the 2023–2024 Manipur violence, Phaitol was the site of much activity, population displacement and trauma.[5][6][7]
Geography
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The Vangaitang range to the east of the Jiribam district is traditionally inhabited by the Kuki-Zo tribes, mainly Hmars but also some Thadou Kukis. In 1907, the Jiribam plain was opened for settlement by the Government of Manipur, and it came to be settled by Meiteis and Bengali speakers from the neighbouring Cachar district.[8][9]
The Jiribam plain roughly ends at the Uchathol village, to the east which lie the forested foothills of the Vangaitang range. A line of tribal villages stretch along the Cachar Road (now National Highway 37), with Phaitol being the first of them. Others are Muktokhal (Muktokhong), Kaiphundai etc. These are tribal villages, populated by mainly Thadou Kukis (called simply "Kukis" in this context). Originally treated as part of the Jiribam subdivision,[10] they were included in Tamenglong district since at least 1981.[11]
Between 1991 and 2001, the borders of Jiribam district were extended to cover a portion of the northern stretch of the Jiri River.[12] This resulted in Phaitol as well as Muktokhal coming within the precincts of the Jiribam district. But administratively they continue to be in the Temanglong district.[13][14][5]
Demographics
[edit]Accoring to the 2011 census, Phaitol has a population of 971 people in 189 households. Muktokhal has a population of 268 people.[1] Almost all the population (99 percent) is made up of Scheduled Tribes.[15]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Tamenglong District Census Handbook, Census of India, 2011. page 84.
- ^ Ganesh Rajaraman, Fresh Wave of Violence Erupts, Newsreel Asia, 12 June 2024. ProQuest 3067512215
- ^ "Notification No. IJ/2/56", Manipur Gazette, 16 August 1956, pp. 15–16 – via archive.org
- ^ Thomas Ngangom, Manipur violence: Truck set ablaze in Kangpokpi, police check post in Jiribam, Hindustan Times, 20 June 2024. "The Kuki Inpi, a tribal body, has alleged that Manipur police commandos and Meitei militants were indiscriminately firing on the villagers and village volunteers of Phaitol Village, Tamenglong district (a border village between Tamenglong and Jiribam)."
- ^ a b Maintain peace: Tamenglong DC, Imphal Free Press, 30 May 2023. ProQuest 2820251966 "Tamenglong DC [Deputy Commissioner] L Angshim Dangshawa conducted an interactive peace meeting at Phaitol village, Tousem subdivision, Tamenglong, on Monday, in an effort to maintain peace and tranquility between different communities amid the prevailing unrest in Manipur."
- ^ Kuki Inpi Publishes Chronology of Jiribam Violence, Condemns Atrocities by Meitei Radicals, The Hills Journal, 22 November 2024. "May 14, 2024: Mr Seigoulen Singson of Phaitol village was abducted from Police Check point in Phaitol and later on 17th May, tortured & decomposed body found in Jiri river and his latest mobile location was at Dibong, Meetei locality of Jiribam."
- ^ Hours after Rahul Gandhi's visit, trouble erupts in Manipur district, The Times of India, 10 July 2024.
- ^ Higgins, J. C. (1912), Administration Report of The Manipur State For The Year 1911-12, Calcutta: Thacker, Spink & Co, p. 4 – via archive.org
- ^ Harvey, C. W. L. (1932), Administration Report of The Manipur State For The Year 1931-32, Imphal: The State Printing Press, p. 55 – via archive.org
- ^ "Notification No. IJ/2/56", Manipur Gazette, 16 August 1956, pp. 15–16 – via archive.org
- ^ Manipur Administrative Atlas (2005), pp. 18–21.
- ^ Manipur Administrative Atlas (2005), pp. 12–23.
- ^
Gopendro Singh, S. (2002), Planning of Rural Road Network: Case Study of Manipur State, Indian Institue of Technology Kanpur,
This GIS database is used as source of input data for the present work. However, coordinates of two villages, Ejeirong and Phaitol as available in the data do not fall within the [Tamenglong] district boundary, hence these two villages are excluded while planning and only 107 villages are considered.
- ^ Jiribam Subdivision, Manipur Remote Sensing Applications Centre, retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ PCA TV: Primary census abstract at town, village and ward level, Manipur - District Tamenglong - 2011, Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, Government of India, 2011, PC11_PCA-TV-1402
- Sources
- Manipur Administrative Atlas (PDF), Census of India, Government of India, 2005