Brief history of the District
The district of Churachandpur derives its name from the town of Churachandpur after Sir Churachand Singh, K.C.S.I.,C.B.S. the Maharaja of Manipur. It lies on the south-western part of Manipur between 24.0 N and 24.3 N latitutde and 93.15 E and 94.0 E longitude. The district is bounded on the north by Tamenglong District, on the east by the districts of Imphal and Chandel, on the south by Myanmar (Burma) and Mizoram and on the west by the State of Mizoram and Assam. The average altitude of the district is 914.0 metres above the mean sea level. The area of the district as furnished by the Surveyor General of India is 4570.0 sq.km.
Historically, the district is characterised by a stream of immigrants, mainly of
The district of Churachandpur derives its name from the town of Churachandpur after Sir Churachand Singh, K.C.S.I.,C.B.S. the Maharaja of Manipur. It lies on the south-western part of Manipur between 24.0 N and 24.3 N latitutde and 93.15 E and 94.0 E longitude. The district is bounded on the north by Tamenglong District, on the east by the districts of Imphal and Chandel, on the south by Myanmar (Burma) and Mizoram and on the west by the State of Mizoram and Assam. The average altitude of the district is 914.0 metres above the mean sea level. The area of the district as furnished by the Surveyor General of India is 4570.0 sq.km.
Historically, the district is characterised by a stream of immigrants, mainly of
