Choithar (Rithar) is a village located east of

Ukhrul Ukhrul District( Tangkhul pronunciation:/ˈuːkˌɹəl or ˈuːkˌɹʊl/ is one of the hilly disctrict in the state of Manipur, India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries an ...

in Ukhrul district,

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state,

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. The village is 12 kilometers from Ukhrul. National Highway 150

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via

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partially connects the village. The village is about 6 kilometers from the National highway connected earlier by an old British road. There was a proposal to construct a new road 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 ...

for which there were reports of discrepancies on the part of the executing agencies. Choithar is flanked by

in the west, Choithar in the north, Nungshong in the south and Khangkhui in the east.

Total population

According to 2011 census, Choithar has 258 households with the total of 1392 people of which 717 are male and 675 are female. Of the total population, 199 were in the age group of 0–6 years. The average sex ratio of the village is 941 female to 1000 male which is lower than the state average of 985. The literacy rate of the village stands at 86.34%. Male literacy rate stands at 88.78% while female literacy rate was 83.74%.

People and occupation

The village is home to people of Tangkhul Naga tribe. Majority of the inhabitants are Christians. Agriculture is the primary occupation of the inhabitants. The village was in the news recently for the spread of a mysterious pine tree disease that affected large area of the village forest. Choithar is one of the 44 villages considered likely to be affected as a catchment area when the Mapithel multi purpose is finally functional. In 2013, Reingamphy Awungshi, a girl from this village was found mysteriously murdered in her rented apartment in

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for which there was a great public uproar and protests both in the National capital and in the state of Manipur.

References

{{Ukhrul district Villages in Ukhrul district