Heirok

Heirok Meitei: /həi.rok/
town
Heirok Location in Manipur, India Show map of Manipur Heirok Heirok (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 24.54964°N 94.04736°E / 24.54964; 94.04736
Country	India
State	Manipur
District	Thoubal district
Population  (2011)
• Total	9,574
Language(s)
• Official	Meitei (officially called Manipuri)[1]
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	MN
Website	manipur.gov.in

Heirok (Meitei pronunciation:/həi.rok/[1]) is a town and a nagar panchayat in Thoubal district in the Indian state of Manipur.

Population

Heirok is a large village located in Thoubal of Thoubal district, Manipur with total 2097 families residing. The Heirok village has population of 9574 of which 4973 are males while 4601 are females as per Population Census 2011. In Heirok village population of children with age 0-6 is 1398 which makes up 14.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Heirok village is 925 which is lower than Manipur state average of 985. Child Sex Ratio for the Heirok as per census is 869, lower than Manipur average of 930. Heirok village has lower literacy rate compared to Manipur. In 2011, literacy rate of Heirok village was 64.73 % compared to 76.94 % of Manipur. In Heirok Male literacy stands at 77.73 % while female literacy rate was 50.82 %.[2]

Administration

As per the Constitution of India and the Panchayati Raj Act, Heirok village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is the elected representative of village.[3]

Demography

Heirok Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	3097	-	-
Population	9574	4,973	4,601
Child (0-6)	1,398	748	650
Schedule Caste	4	3	1
Schedule Tribe	2	1	1
Literacy	64.73 %	77.73 %	50.82 %
Total Workers	4,348	2,569	1,779
Main Worker	3,431	0	0
Marginal Worker	917	268	649

Politics

Heirok is part of Outer Manipur (Lok Sabha constituency).[4]

References

1. "Report of the Commissioner for linguistic minorities: 47th report (July 2008 to June 2010)" (PDF). Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India. p. 78. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
2. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
3. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
4. "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). Manipur. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2008.^[permanent dead link‍]