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{{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Awang Kasom
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = Awang Kasom Tui
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| settlement_type = Village
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| pushpin_map = India Manipur#India
| pushpin_label_position = right
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Manipur, India
| coordinates = {{coord|25|17|02|N|94|28|12|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Manipur]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Chingai]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| population_total = 687
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Tangkhul]] Awang Kasom
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 795142
| registration_plate = MN
| blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Ukhrul]] [[Kohima]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = Literacy
| blank2_info_sec1 = 89.11%
| blank3_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank3_info_sec1 = Outer Manipur
| blank4_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank4_info_sec1 = [[Chingai]]
| website = {{URL|manipur.gov.in}}
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'''Awang Kasom''' is a village located north of [[Ukhrul]] in Ukhrul district, [[Manipur]] state, [[India]]. The village falls under [[Chingai]] sub division. National Highway 150 that connect [[Imphal]]-[[Kohima]] via Ukhrul and [[Jessami]] passes through the village. Awang Kasom is about 50 kilometers from Ukhrul; and is flanked by [[kuirei]] in the south, [[Peh]] in the west, [[Chingai]] in the north and poi in the east. Locally, the inhabitants speak Awang Kasom dialect that belongs to the Tibeto-Burman language family.

==Total population==
According to 2011 census,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.census2011.co.in/data/village/270379-awang-kasom-manipur.html|title=Awang Kasom population|publisher=Census 2011|accessdate=2015-10-11 }}</ref> Awang Kasom has 122 households with the total of 687 people of which 399 are male and 288 are female. Of the total population, 72 were in the age group of 0–6 years. The average sex ratio of the village is 722 female to 1000 male which is lower than the state average 985. The literacy rate of the village stands at 89.11% which is higher than the state average 76.94%. Male literacy rate stands at 94.18% while female literacy rate was 81.89%.

==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. In January, 2009, an Assam Rifle jawan shot dead a Junior Commission Officer and injured other five at Awang Kasom camp.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geo.tv/1-22-2009/33294.htm |title=JCO Shot at Awang Kasom |publisher=E-pao |accessdate=2015-10-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151226062151/http://www.geo.tv/1-22-2009/33294.htm |archivedate=2015-12-26 }}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Villages in Ukhrul district]]

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