Chatric, also known as Siyang, is a village located southeast of
Kamjong
Kamjong ( Meitei pronunciation: /kām-jōng/) is the headquarter of Kamjong district, Manipur state, India. The village is about 120 kilometers from Imphal and is connected by Ukhrul-Kamjong State highway. This District headquarter is flanked b ...
in Kamjong district,
Manipur
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state,
India
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. The village is about 40 kilometers from Kamjong and is partially connected by Ukhrul-Kamjong state highway. The village is flanked by
Chamu in the north,
Chahong village in the south, the
Chindwin ,
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river (
Myanmar
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) in the east and
Chahong in the west.
Chatric is an Indian border village with Myanmar. Locally, the inhabitants speak Chatric tui which belongs to the Tibeto-Burman language family. The village is divided into two major parts with separate settlements; Chatric Khullen and Chatric Khunou.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census, Chatric has 142 households with the total of 854 people of which 445 are male and 405 are female. Of the total population, 117 were in the age group of 0–6 years. The average sex ratio of the village is 919 female to 1000 male, lower than the state average of 985. The literacy rate of the village stands at 74.22% which is lower than the state average 76.94%. The male literacy rate stands at 80.72% while the female literacy rate was 66.95%.
The village is home to people of Tangkhul Naga tribe. All of the inhabitants are Christians.
People and economy
Agriculture is the primary industry in Chatric. The village has a large span of natural forest stretching till the international border with Myanmar. The village is also well known in the district for the supply of
freshwater fish
Freshwater fish are those that spend some or all of their lives in fresh water, such as rivers and lakes, with a salinity of less than 1.05%. These environments differ from marine conditions in many ways, especially the difference in levels of ...
abundantly made available in the local market.
Notable places
The village is also famous for Sivathei (King Chilli). It is learnt that Sivathei, which has unique taste from other varieties of chilli, is originated from Chatric.
The villagers depends mostly on forest resources.
Being a remote village, the inhabitants are deprived of good transportation system. The inter village road constructed under
PMGSY
The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) () is a nationwide plan in India to provide good all-weather road connectivity to unconnected villages. Of 178,000 (1.7 lakh) habitations with a population of above 500 in the plains and above 250 i ...
most often fails to meet the transportation requirements. The villagers also has to depend on solar lamps and traditional light source due to poor electricity connectivity.
References
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Villages in Ukhrul district