Grihang is a village located south 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,

Manipur Manipur () is a state in northeastern India with Imphal as its capital. It borders the Indian states of Assam to the west, Mizoram to the south, and Nagaland to the north and shares the international border with Myanmar, specifically t ...

state,

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. The village falls under

Kamjong Kamjong ( Meitei pronunciation: /kām-jōng/), is the headquarters 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 ...

sub division. The village is connected by Ukhrul-Kamjong state highway. Grihang is flanked by

Tusom Tusom is a generic reference to two villages located north of Ukhrul in Ukhrul district, Manipur state, India. The villages are Tusom Khullen or New Tusom and Tusom CV. The villages are partially connected by National Highway 150, Imphal-Kohima r ...

in the west,

Ningchou Ningchou is a village south of Ukhrul in the Ukhrul district, Manipur, India. The village falls under Kamjong sub division. Ningchou is connected by Ukhrul-Kamjong state highway. It is flanked by Patbung in the west, Nambisha in the south, Kongka ...

in the south, Molvailup in the east and

Bungpa Bungpa is a generic reference to two villages, Bungpa Khullen and Bungpa Khunou located south of Ukhrul in Ukhrul district, Manipur state, India. The village falls under Kamjong sub division. The villages are connected by Ukhrul-Kamjong state hig ...

in the north. Locally, the inhabitants speak Grihang dialect that belongs to the Tibeto-Burman language family.

Total population

According to 2011 census, Grihang has 133 households with the total of 782 people of which 406 are male and 376 are female. Of the total population, 71 were in the age group of 0–6 years. The average sex ratio of the village is 926 female to 1000 male which is lower than the state average of 985. The literacy rate of the village stands at 98.17% which is higher than the state average 76.94%. Male literacy rate stands at 99.72% while female literacy rate was 96.56%.

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 is known in the district for its natural environment, flora and fauna. A remote area, the village has a relatively poor transport system and bad road condition, and the inhabitants suffer most during the rainy season because of frequent landslides.

References

Villages in Ukhrul district {{Manipur-geo-stub