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{{Short description|Village in Senapati district, Manipur, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2025}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Phaibung
| settlement_type = Village
| pushpin_map = India Manipur#India
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Manipur
| pushpin_relief = yes
| coordinates = {{coord|25|25|37|N|94|20|18|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = [[Manipur]]
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = [[Senapati district]]
| unit_pref = Metric
| population_total = 4,664 (2011)
| population_as_of = 2011
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = PIN
| postal_code = 795104
| registration_plate = MN
}}

'''Phaibung''' is a small village in the [[Purul]] subdivision of [[Senapati district|Senapati]] district of [[Manipur]], [[India]]. It consists of 2 settlements namely '''Phaibung Khullen''' and '''Lower Phaibung''' which are closely connected.<ref name="CensusHandbook">{{Cite web |year=2011 |title=District Census Handbook: Senapati |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/1401_PART_A_DCHB_SENAPATI.pdf |access-date=2025-06-15 |publisher=censusindia.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Phaibung Khunou, Chilivai Phaibung, Senapati, Manipur, India - Geolysis Local |url=https://geolysis.com/p/in/mn/senapati/chilivai-phaibung/phaibung-khunou |access-date=2025-06-15 |website=geolysis.com}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
According to the 2011 Census:
* '''Phaibung Khullen''': Population 4,664 (2,363 m; 2,301 f), sex ratio 974 ♀/1,000 ♂, literacy 37.3%.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Phaibung Khunou Village Population - Purul - Senapati, Manipur |url=https://www.census2011.co.in/data/village/268526-phaibung-khunou-manipur.html |access-date=2025-06-15 |website=www.census2011.co.in}}</ref>
* '''Lower Phaibung''': Population 990 (527 m; 463 f), sex ratio 879, literacy 49.1%.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lower Phaibung Village Population - Purul - Senapati, Manipur |url=https://www.census2011.co.in/data/village/268527-lower-phaibung-manipur.html |access-date=2025-06-15 |website=www.census2011.co.in}}</ref>
In both settlements, the population of [[Scheduled Tribe]] is more than 99 percent.<ref name="CensusHandbook"/>

== Geography ==
Phaibung is situated at about 27 km east of the town of Senapati and about 79 km north of [[Imphal]]. Purul block has some neighbouring villages such as Shirong (Shirong Shofii), Oklong and Purul Atongba.<ref>{{Cite web |year=2011 |title=District Census Handbook: Senapati (maps) |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/853/download/36280/DH_2011_1401_PART_B_DCHB_SENAPATI.pdf |access-date=2025-06-15 |publisher=censusindia.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |year=2024 |title=Map of Senapati District (Purul Block) |url=https://marsac.mn.gov.in/pdf/district_map/SENAPATI.pdf |access-date=2025-06-15 |publisher=Manipur MARSAC}}</ref>

== Economy ==
The major occupation is agriculture: the majority of people are cultivators and cultivate rice, maize, and pulses. In Lower Phaibung, 99.66% out of the working population are employed with primary farm work.<ref name="CensusHandbook"/>

== Administration ==
Along with its [[Gram Panchayat]] of local government, the village is within Chillivai Phaibung TD Block of Senapati district.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chillivai Phaibung TD Block – List of villages & Panchayats |url=https://senapati.nic.in/td-blocks/ |access-date=2025-06-15 |publisher=Senapati district administration}}</ref> It is a part of [[Purul Assembly Constituency]] of Manipur Legislative Assembly and is included in the [[Outer Manipur Lok Sabha constituency|Outer Manipur Lok Sabha Constituency]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=SENAPATI district electoral map |url=https://ceomanipur.nic.in/ACMap/District/SENAPATI.pdf |access-date=2025-06-15 |publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Manipur}}</ref>

== Language and culture ==
The official language of the region used by local residents of Phaibung is [[Meitei language|Meitei]], and this is denoted because Meitei is considered as a widely used lingua franca in the region of Senapati district.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Demography of Senapati district |url=https://senapati.manipuronline.in/guide/profile-of-senapati |access-date=2025-06-15 |publisher=Senapati district administration}}</ref> Most of them are part of the Naga ethnic communities, and among them are the [[Tangkhul Naga people|Tangkhul]] people. Though they speak their own [[Tangkhulic languages|Tangkhulic]], the tendency of language use in inter-community communication seems to have taken place in Meitei.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Endangered Languages Project – Tangkhul Naga |url=https://elcat.colo.hawaii.edu/lang/7374 |access-date=2025-06-15 |publisher=ELDP}}</ref>

== Infrastructure and transport ==
* '''PIN code''': 795104.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Phaibung Khullen PIN code |url=https://www.indiapost.gov.in/VAS/Pages/LocatePostOffices.aspx |access-date=2025-06-15 |publisher=India Post}}</ref>
* '''Nearest urban centres''': [[Senapati]] (27 km west) and [[Imphal]] (about 79 km south).<ref>{{Cite web |year=2011 |title=District Census Handbook: Senapati – Part B (maps) |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/853/download/36280/DH_2011_1401_PART_B_DCHB_SENAPATI.pdf |access-date=2025-06-15 |publisher=Census of India}}</ref>
* '''No railway station within 10 km'''; nearest is [[Jiribam railway station|Jiribam]].
* '''Served by''': [[Bir Tikendrajit International Airport]], Imphal (about 80 km).
* '''Accessible by''': the Senapati-Phaibung rural road connecting to the east of the [[National Highway 2]]. Continued developing of the 128 km long road has encountered bottlenecks; in July 2024 [[The Sangai Express]] published the news about roads conditions in the area<ref>{{Cite news |last=The Sangai Express |date=2024-07-06 |title=Senapati‑Phaibung Road Committee to file case for road negligence |publisher=The Sangai Express}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Senapati district]]
* [[Purul]]
* [[Tangkhul Naga (disambiguation)]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Villages in Senapati district]]

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JerryTurner844 at 13:25, 23 March 2026