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  Environmental Profile of Manipur State

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.

Some of the Basic Environmental Information of Manipur
       Location - 23.830 – 25.680 N Latitude and 93.030 – 94.780 Longitude 93.030 – 94.780 Longitude
West : Assam, East : Myanmar (Burma), South : Mizoram, North : Nagaland
 
 Total Geographical Area - 22,327 sq. km.
Revenue District - 9 Districts (5 Hill Districts & 4 Valley Districts)
Sub-Divisions - 37 (thirty seven) Nos.
        Town - 31 Nos
Hill District Council - (six) Autonomous Council
Gram Panchayats - 166 (one hundred sixty six)
Community/TD Blocks - 31 (thirty one)
Mean Annual Precipitation - 1200 – 1350 mm (sometimes 2000 – 2400 mm in the western part)
Mean Annual temperature - 19 – 200 C as mean (0 – 120 C during winter & 28 – 380 C during summer)
Total Population - 1901 1991 2001*
284,465 1,837,149 2,388,634
Decadal Growth Rate - -- 29 . 29 30 . 02
Urban Population - 72,234 505,645 570,410
% of Urban Population  - 25.39 % 27.52 % 23.88 %
State Land use pattern (in %) - Settlement AgriLand Forest Water Body Scrub Land Others
2.44 6.65 49.25 1.65 38.72 1.29

Note: * Provisional Population, TD = Tribal Development