Chandel district: Difference between revisions

| settlement_type                = District

| image_skyline                  = Chandel in Manipur (India).svg

| image_alt                      = Location of Chandel district in Manipur

| image_caption                  = Location of Chandel district in Manipur

| pushpin_map                    =  

| pushpin_label_position          = left

| pushpin_map_alt                =  

| pushpin_map_caption            = Location in Manipur, India

| area_total_km2                  = 521

| population_total                = 144,182

| population_density_km2          = 21.83

| demographics1_info1            = English, [[Hmar people|Anal]] (Pakan) [[Hmar people|Lamkang]] (Pakan) and Kukish languages

'''Chandel district''' (Pron:/ˌtʃænˈdɛl/) is one of the 16 [[districts of Manipur|districts]] of [[Manipur]] state in northeastern [[India]]. As of 2011 it is the second least populous district in the state, after [[Tamenglong district|Tamenglong]].<ref name="districtcensus">{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 2011-09-30 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref>

In 2006 the [[Ministry of Panchayati Raj]] named Chandel one of the country's 250 [[Poverty in India|most backward districts]] (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=brgf/> It is one of the three districts in Manipur currently receiving funds from the [[Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme]] (BRGF).<ref name=brgf>{{cite web|author=Ministry of Panchayati Raj |date=8 September 2009 |title=A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme |publisher=National Institute of Rural Development |url=http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf |access-date=27 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405033402/http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf |archive-date=5 April 2012 }}</ref>

|title=Religions in Mungar District

|titlebar=#Fcd116|right1=Percent

{{bar percent|Christians|blue|89.50}}

{{bar percent|[[Hindus]]|orange|7.50}}

{{bar percent|[[Muslims]]|green|2.14}}

{{bar percent|Buddhists|yellow|0.28}}

{{bar percent|Others|grey|0.25}}

{{bar percent|Not Stated|black|0.20}}

{{bar percent|Jains|brown|0.04}}

{{bar percent|Sikhs|olive|0.02}}

According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Chandel district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 144,182,<ref name="districtcensus"/> roughly equal to the nation of [[Saint Lucia]].<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote = Saint Lucia 161,557 July 2011 est.

}}</ref>  This gives it a ranking of 602nd in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert|43|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}.<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001–2011 was 21.72%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Chandel has a [[sex ratio]] of 932 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 70.85%.<ref name=districtcensus/>

Languages spoken include [[Anal language|Anal]] (Pakan), [[Thadou language|Thadou]] [[Vaiphei language|Vaiphei]], [[Zo language|Zou]], [[Lamkang]] and Meitei language in the Headquarter. [[Anāl]], [[Lamkang]], Moyon and Monsang tribe are dominant in the district headquarter and [[Aimol]], a [[Sino-Tibetan languages|Sino-Tibetan]] tongue with less than 2500 speakers, written in the [[Latin script]];<ref name="ethnoaimol">{{cite encyclopedia | editor = M. Paul Lewis | encyclopedia = Ethnologue: Languages of the World | title = Aimol: A language of India | url = http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=aim | access-date = 2011-09-28 | edition = 16th | year = 2009 | publisher = SIL International | location = Dallas, Texas}}</ref> and [[Anal language|Anal]], which is also Sino-Tibetan and spoken by approximately 14,000 Indians, and more in [[Myanmar]] (and which should not be confused with the [[Anus language]]).<ref name="ethnoanal">{{cite encyclopedia | editor = M. Paul Lewis | encyclopedia = Ethnologue: Languages of the World | title = Anal: A language of India | url = http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=anm | access-date = 2011-09-28 | edition = 16th | year = 2009 | publisher = SIL International | location = Dallas, Texas}}</ref>