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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Kalhang<br />
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| settlement_type = Village<br />
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| nickname = Kansang<br />
| pushpin_map = India Manipur#India<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Manipur, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|25|14|23|N|94|27|09|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Manipur]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Ukhrul district|Ukhrul]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
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| population_total = 1181<br />
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| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
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| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 795142<br />
| registration_plate = MN<br />
| blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city<br />
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Ukhrul]] [[Kohima]]<br />
| website = {{URL|manipur.gov.in}}<br />
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| demographics1_info1 = [[Tangkhul]] (Kansang tu)<br />
| blank2_name_sec1 = Literacy<br />
| blank2_info_sec1 = 41.61%<br />
| blank3_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency<br />
| blank3_info_sec1 = Outer Manipur<br />
| blank4_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency<br />
| blank4_info_sec1 = [[Chingai]]<br />
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'''Kalhang''' is a village located north of [[Ukhrul]] in Ukhrul district, [[Manipur]] state, [[India]]. The village is approximately 39 kilometers from Ukhrul. National Highway 150 [[Imphal]]-[[Kohima]] via [[Jessami]] passes through the village. Kalhang is one of the villages that used to make indigenous salt from natural salt springs and supply to other Tangkhul villages before the introduction of common salt.{{citation needed|date=November 2015}} The village is flanked by [[Phungcham]] and [[Peh]] in the west, [[Khamasom]] in the east, [[Longpi]] in the south and [[Kuirei]] in the North. Locally inhabitants speak Kansang dialect which belongs to the Tibeto-Burman language family.<br />
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==Total population== <br />
According to 2011 census,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.census2011.co.in/data/village/270377-kalhang-manipur.html|title=Kalhang Population|publisher=Census 2011|accessdate=2015-09-10 }}</ref> Kalhang has 215 households with the total of 1,181 people of which 599 are male and 582 are female. Of the total population, 222 were in the age group of 0–6 years. The average sex ratio of Kalhang village is 972 female to 1000 male which is lower than the state average of 985. The literacy rate of the village stands at 41.61%. Male literacy rate stands at 44.44% while female literacy rate was 38.69%.<br />
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==People and occupation==<br />
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 well known in the district for its scenic beauty. Kalhang is also famous for pork cuisine prepared mainly during Luira festival, seed sowing festival of the Tangkhuls.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/war-rages-intermittently-for-26-years-in-nagaland-manipur-and-mizoram/1/392479.html|title=Pork Cuisine of Kalhang|publisher=Book:THE SEVEN SISTERS: KITCHEN TALES FROM THE NORTH EAST|accessdate=2015-09-10 }}</ref> The village has a painful history of bearing inhuman treatment under the Indian army during insurgency operations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/war-rages-intermittently-for-26-years-in-nagaland-manipur-and-mizoram/1/392479.html|title=Excesses of Indian army|publisher=India Today|accessdate=2015-09-10 }}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Villages in Ukhrul district]]</div>>Dl2000