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Tengnoupal | |
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Town | |
  Tengnoupal Location in Manipur, India Show map of Manipur Tengnoupal Tengnoupal (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:24°23′06″N94°08′38″E / 24.385°N 94.144°E /24.385; 94.144 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Manipur |
| District | Tengnoupal |
| Government | |
| • Type | democratic |
| Elevation | 1,450 m (4,760 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 2,158 |
| Language(s) | |
| • Official | Meitei (officially calledManipuri)[a][1] |
| • Regional | Thadou |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 795131 |
| Vehicle registration | MN |
| Coastline | 0 kilometres (0 mi) |
| Website | tengnoupal |
Tengnoupal (Meitei pronunciation:/teŋ-nə́u-pəl/[b][1]) is a hill town at the highest point of a road (NH-2) betweenImphal andMoreh at the end of northwesternMyanmar; the ASEAN Highway passes through the village. It is the district headquarters of the recently reinstated Tengnoupal District.The climate is cold during winter and humid during summer and remains foggy during the rainy season.
The name Tengnoupal is derived fromcactus fencing (teng = cactus andpal = fence). 'Tengnou' means 'tender cactus'
It was named after the Awa Laan (Manipur-Burmese War) in the 16th century as cactus was planted as a fencing in Tengnoupal Hill range. The then Tengnoupal villagers and surrounding villages fought against the Burmese who came to invade the Meitei kingdom of theImphal Valley; whilst many young warriors of Tengnoupal were killed and taken as hostage to Burma.
In the 19th century, Tengnoupal was the epicentre of Anglo-Kuki War wherein more than 30 personnel of the British force were annihilated under the command of Pu Chomsho Mate, the nephew of Pu Loikhom Mate, Chief of Tengnoupal. After that incident, the British Army captured Tengnoupal.
Hence then, Tengnoupal became the Army and Administrative HQ of the then British Government.
DuringWorld War II, the people of Tengnoupal supported theIndian National Army (INA) led bySubhas Chandra Bose. The INA and theJapanese Army even brought in tanks and other heavy war equipments with the help of the local people led by Pu Sholim Mate and they were about to capture theImphal Valley. Knowing the advancement of the INA and the Japanese Army, after occupying strategic locations at Tengnoupal the BritishRoyal Air Force (RAF) bombarded the whole hill rages of Tengnoupal where many INA, Japanese and local volunteers were killed.
After India became independent in 1945, Tengnoupal remained the administrative HQ and District HQ until the 1970s, when it was shifted toChandel in 1974.
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It is the District headquarters of Tengnoupal District. Some notable government machineries stationed in the village are:
1. Deputy Commissioner/ District Magistrate Office
2. Superintendent of Police office
3. District Hospital.
5. Forest Range Office
6. Assam Rifles Battalion Headquarters since 1994
7. Tengnoupal Police Station
8. Zornal Education Officer
10. District Public Works Department
11. Chief Medical Office
TheChandel district was formerly known asTengnoupal district until the change was effected on 13 May 1974.
The National Highway 2 snakes through Tengnoupal east to west. It is 69 km from Imphal. Nearest airport is Tulihal Airport. It is the highest point above sea-level on the Imphal-Moreh Highway.
The village is a transit point of some state highways, including the Tengnoupal-Sita-Sansak road and Tengnoupal-Joupi-New Samtal road.[citation needed]
Tengnoupal, with total 300 household residing, has population of 2158 of which 1477 are males while 681 are females as per Population Census 2011.
In Tengnoupal village population of children with age 0-6 is 140 which makes up 6.49% of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tengnoupal village is 461 which is lower than Manipur state average of 992. Child Sex Ratio for the Tengnoupal as per census is 750, lower than Manipur average of 936.
Tengnoupal village has lower literacy rate compared to Manipur. In 2011, literacy rate of Tengnoupal village was 76.02% compared to 79.21% of Manipur. In Tengnoupal Male literacy stands at 84.75% while female literacy rate was 56.36%.[2]
There is increasing the inflow of tourist every season.[citation needed] During monsoon, the place is foggy and makes it the best place for romance.[original research?][citation needed] Since Tengoupal is situated on the topmost range of the Indo-Myanmar region visitors could get a bird's eye view of the surrounding hills and the plains ofKabaw Valley (Myanmar).[citation needed]
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Besides, during summer the cold winds to sweep the hills of Tengnoupal which makes this place the most sought after for summer recreation for families.[citation needed]