Demography
Manipur state situated on the North Eastern border between India and Myanmar. The state has total geographical area of 22,327 Sq. Km. of which 90% are hilly regions. As against this physical feature of the area, 61.45 per cent of the total population (2001) is in the valley while 38.45 percent in the hill districts. Manipur has an international boundary of about 352 kms. long stretch of land with Myanmar in the east. The altitude of the state about the mean sea level varies from 790 meters to 2020 meters & the valley in the middle is as gradually sloping from north to south.
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Some of the Basic Environmental Information of Manipur
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Location
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23.830 – 25.680 N Latitude and 93.030 – 94.780 Longitude
West : Assam, East : Myanmar (Burma), South : Mizoram, North : Nagaland
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Total Geograp-hical Area
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22,327 sq. km.
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Revenue District
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9 Districts (5 Hill Districts & 4 Valley Districts)
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Sub-Divisions
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38 (thirty eight) Nos.
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Town
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51 nos. (Statutory town 28, Census town 23)
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Hill District Council
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6 (six) Autonomous Council
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Gram Panchayats
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166 (one hundred sixty six)
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Community / TD Blocks
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31 (thirty one)
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Mean Annual Precipitation
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1200 – 1350 mm (sometimes 2000 – 2400 mm in the western part)
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Mean Annual temperature
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19 – 200 C as mean (0 – 120 C during winter & 28 – 380 C during summer)
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Total Population
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1901
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1991
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2001
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2011*
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2,84,465
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18,37,149
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23,88,634
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27,21,756
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Decadal Growth Rate
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--
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29 . 29
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30 . 02
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18.65
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Urban Population
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72,234
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5,05,645
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5,70,410
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8,22,132
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% of Urban Population
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25.39 %
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27.52 %
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23.88 %
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42.74%
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State Land use pattern (in %)
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Settle-ment
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Agri - Land
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Forest
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Water Body
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ScrubLand
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Others
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2.44
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6.65
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49.25
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1.65
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38.72
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1.29
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Note : * Provisional Population, Census of India
Table : Growth of population, Manipur vis – a – visa India during 1951 to 2011
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Census Year
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Total population (in lakhs)
Manipur
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Decennial Growth Per cent
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Manipur
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All-India
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1951
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5.78
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12.80
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13.31
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1961
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7.80
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35.04
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21.51
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1971
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10.73
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37.53
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24.80
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1981
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14.21
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32.46
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24.66
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1991
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18.37
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29.29
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23.85
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2001
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22.94
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24.86
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21.34
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2011
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27.23
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18.65
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17.64
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Source: Govt. of Manipur, Directorate of Eco./ Stat : Economic Survey, Manipur, 2002-2003, Provisional Population totals, Census of India 2011
Table : Urbanization in Manipur, 1901-2011 Census
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CensusYear
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Total No. of UAs/ Towns
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Total Population
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Total Urban Population
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% of Urban Population
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Decennial Growth
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Annual expo-nential Growth rate(Urban)
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Absolute
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Percent
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1901
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1
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2,84,465
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72,234
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25.39
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1911
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1
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3,46,222
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74,650
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21.56
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2,416
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3.34
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0.33
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1921
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1
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3,84,016
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80,003
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20.83
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5,353
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7.17
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0.69
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1931
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1
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4,45,606
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85,804
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19.26
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5,801
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7.25
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0.70
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1941
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1
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5,12,069
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99,716
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19.47
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13,912
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16.21
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1.50
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1951
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1
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5,77,635
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2,862
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0.50
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(-) 96,854
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(-) 97.13
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(-) 35.51
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1961
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1
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7,80,037
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67,717
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8.68
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64,855
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2266.07
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31.64
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1971
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8
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10,72,753
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1,41,492
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13.19
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73,775
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108.95
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7.37
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1981
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32
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14,20,953
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3,75,460
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26.42
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2,33,968
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165.36
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9.76
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1991
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31
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18,37,149
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5,05,645
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27.52
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1,30,185
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34.67
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2.98
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2001
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33
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22,93,896
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5,76,410
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25,12
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64,765
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12.81
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1.21
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2011*
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51
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27,21,756
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8,22,132
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42.74
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Source: Govt. of Manipur, Directorate of Eco./ Stas : Economic Survey, Manipur, 2002-2003. * Provisional Population, Census of India 2011
Table : Growth of Rural and Urban Population in Manipur (1961-2011)
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Year
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No. of Towns
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Urban Population
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Percentage to total population
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1961
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1
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67,717
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8.68
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1971
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8
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1,41,492
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13.19
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1981
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32
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3,75,460
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26.42
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1991
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31
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5,05,645
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27.52
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2001
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33
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5,76,410
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25.12
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2011*
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51
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8,22,132
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42.74
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Source: Govt. of Manipur, Directorate of Eco./Stas : Economic Survey, Manipur, 2002-2003. * Provisional Population, Census of India 2011
Table : Average Annual Growth Rate of Rural – Urban Population (1951-2011)
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Period
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Rural
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Urban
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Total
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1951-61
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2.39
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26.61
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3.50
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1961-71
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3.07
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10.89
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3.75
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1971-82
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1.25
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16.54
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3.25
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1981-91
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2.74
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3.47
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2.93
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1991-2001
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3.66
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1.28
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3.00
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2001-2011*
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10.58
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42.74
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18.65
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Source: Govt. of Manipur, Directorate of Eco./ Stas : Economic Survey, Manipur, 2002-2003. * Provisional Population, Census of India 2011
Table : Poverty Profile of Manipur
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Year
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Number (in lakhs)
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Poverty Ratio
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1973-74
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5.86
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49.96
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1983-84
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5.65
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37.02
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1987-88
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5.29
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31.35
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1993-94
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6.80
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33.78
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1999-2000
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7.19
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28.54
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Source : Planning Commission Quoted by the Indian Economic Survey, 2001-2002.