Riha is a Tangkhul village in

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 ...

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,

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

. The village falls under

Phungyar Phungyar ( Meitei pronunciation: /phūng-yār/) is a small town located south of Kamjong in Kamjong district, Manipur state, India. It is also the name of a sub division of the district. The town is about 50 kilometers from Ukhrul and is partial ...

sub division. The village is partially connected by National Highway 150 that connects

Jessami Jessami is a village in Ukhrul district, Manipur, India. Jessami is a border village in the extreme north of Manipur State and borders with Meluri, a border village of Nagaland State. Being nearer to Nagaland, the town used to get electricity fr ...

and

Imphal Imphal (; , ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Manipur. The metropolitan centre of the city contains the ruins of Kangla Palace (officially known as Kangla Fort), the royal seat of the former Kingdom of Manipur, surrounded by a ...

. Riha is flanked by Thoyee in the North,

Nongdam Nongdam is a village in Imphal East district, Manipur state, India. The village falls under Sowombung sub division. The village is partially connected by National Highway 202 that connects Jessami and Imphal. Nongdam is flanked by Leishiphung in ...

in the South, Yaingangpokpi in the west and Shingkap in the east. Locally, the inhabitants speak tangkhul dialect that belongs to the Tibeto-Burman language family.

Total population

According to 2011 census, Riha comprises 264 households with the total of 1087 people. The average sex ratio of the village is 897 female to 1000 male which is lower than Manipur state average of 985. Literacy rate of Riha is 91.29% with male literacy rate at 92.60% and female literacy rate at 89.93%.

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. Most of the arable land in the village got submerged after commissioning of the

Mapithel dam Mapithel Dam or Maphou Dam, officially known as the Thoubal Multipurpose Project, is a dam on the Thoubal river, in the Manipur state of India. Construction of the dam was met with protests from local communities. The dam's official inauguration ...

since Riha is one of the closest upstream villages. Moreover, most of the residents had to relocate to higher ground before commissioning of the dam. The village for now has become a tourist destination who mainly visit for sightseeing, fishing and camping by the dam. The residents are coming up with innovative ideas to attract tourist like setting up a floating restaurant on the dam.

References

{{Reflist Villages in Kamjong district