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{{short description|Clan of the Indian ethnic group, Meetei}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}}
{{Infobox clan
| clan name = Kha-Nganpa
| image badge = Classical Meitei illuminated manuscript painting — depicting a “Paphal” of Khaba Nganpa Pakhangba dragon — from the “Pakhangba Lambuba”, an Ancient Meetei language text (engraved in traditional Meetei Mayek writing system).jpg
| image_size = 300px
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| badge_caption = A Classical Meitei [[illuminated manuscript]] painting, depicting a “Paphal” of the Kha-Nganpa [[totem]] of [[Pakhangba]], a [[Meitei dragon]], from the “Pakhangba Lambuba”, an [[Ancient Meitei language]] text, engraved in traditional [[Meetei Mayek script]]
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| country = [[India]]
| region = [[Greater Imphal]] area including Kanglei Imphal [[Kangla]] as capital and lastly at [[Wangjing, Manipur|Wangjing]], [[Sangai Yumpham]], [[Manipur]]
| district = [[Imphal East]], [[Imphal West]] and [[Thoubal]]
| ancestry =
| ethnicity = [[Meitei people]]
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| chiefs name = '''Kha-Nganba Iputhou'''
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| branches = [[#Number of families]]
| Allied clans = [[Chenglei]] (Sarang Leisangthem)
| kindreds =
| titles = '''Khaba'''

| last chiefs name = Khaba Nongjenba, the last Meetei [[Imphal Kangla]] ruler of the Khaba dynasty
| date of death of last chief =
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}}

'''Kha Nganpa''' (''shortened from Khapa Nganpa'') or '''Kha Nganba''' (''shortened from Khaba Nganba'') is a [[Ethnic group|people group]], which is recognized as one of the seven [[Yek Salai]] clans of the composite [[Meitei confederacy]].<ref>http://www.e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=manipur.Ethnic_Races_Manipur.Meeteis_Surname
*https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.467109/page/n3</ref>

[[File:Flag of Kangleipak.svg|thumb|In the flag of [[Kangleipak]], the bluish color represents the Kha-Nganpa group of [[Meitei people]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2025}}]]

== Number of families ==
{{Main|Yumnak}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Meitei sub-groups
!Romanisation
!Number of families/surnames (according to N. Monihar<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.467297/page/n11/mode/1up|title=Sagei Salai Apoklon|last=Monihar|first=N.|date=2000|publisher=Internet Archive; Digital Library of India|location=India|language=mni}}</ref>)
!Number of families/surnames (according to Khomdon Lisam<ref>{{Cite web|title=Who are the Indigenous People of Manipur Part 2 By Khomdon Lisam|url=https://e-pao.net/epPageExtractor.asp?src=features.Who_are_the_Indigenous_People_of_Manipur_Part_2_By_Khomdon_Lisam.html..|access-date=2025-02-15|website=e-pao.net}}</ref>)
!Number of families/surnames (according to T.C. Hodson<ref>Hodson, Thomas Callan. The Meitheis. India: D. Nutt, 1908.</ref>)
!Number of families/surnames (according to Manipur Mirror)
!Number of families/surnames (according to MASTEC)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The People - Manipur Science and Technology Council (MASTEC) |url=https://mastec.nic.in/index.php/the-people.html |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=mastec.nic.in}}</ref>
|-
|{{Script|Mtei|ꯈꯥ ꯉꯥꯟꯄ}}
|Kha Nganpa
|42
|37
|17
|43<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=KHABA NGANBA SURNAME LIST – Manipur Mirror |url=https://manipurmirror.com/khaba-nganba-surname-list/ |access-date=2025-02-16 |language=en-US}}</ref>
|21
|}
== See also ==
*[[Mangang]]
*[[Luwang]]
*[[Khuman Salai|Khuman]]
*[[Angom]]
*[[Moilang]]
*[[Salai Leishangthem]]
*[[Khaba-Nganba]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://paochelsalaitaret.net/wakoklon.php] Wakoklon Heelel Thilel Salai Amailon Pukok PuYa

[[Category:Meitei clans]]

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DenicePitcairn at 06:00, 3 March 2026