Kasom Khullen

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Kasom Khullen village is located in the northeastern state of India. The village is 64  km drive from the heart of Imphal, Manipur. It is an administrative headquarter of the Kasom Sub Division (consisting 80 villages )in the southern region of Kamjong district.

Kasom Khullen is inhabited by the Tangkhul Naga tribe. Although the village has distinct dialect of its own, the village folks are also fluent in tangkhul dialect, Meitei lon (Manipuri) and Hindi. The younger generations are multilingual I.e Hindi, English, Manipuri, Tangkhul, Kabui etc due to exposure to other culture.

Kasom Khullen has unique history of culture and tradition, widely known for its folk dances among the tangkhul Naga tribes as shown in the table below.

The Kasom khullen village is believed to be 525 years old village. The inhabitants have been living there since 1497 AD. But the current household is 250 due to migration of the villagers and establishment of new villages such as kasom somrei village,kasom risophung village, lungtoram village, kasom khunuo village and Yeasom village. The families are joint family and patrilocal. During the pre-Christian era, the people worshipped “Arih Lungzing” or “Bukati Bukatangpe”; they were believed to be the creators of heaven and earth. However, with the advent of Christianity, the people started converting to Christianity in 1940. The village officially adopted Christianity in the year 1947, but the cultural traditions of the village are still preserved through its folk music, dances, and festivals.

The main religion is Christianity. The Roman Catholic Church and the Baptist church coexist peacefully. The Roman Catholic Church is located in the southern part of the village. Their missionary includes education, leadership training to youth, spirituality etc. The RC church runs Good shepherd high school(estd 2001), boarding for both boys and girls, Sisters convent, Fathers convent as part of their missionary. The serenity and tranquility provides a good environment for education which caters the need of students from both the local and the neighbouring villages.

On the other hand, majority of the population are Baptist. The Baptist church stands tall in the mid of the village which provides a Panoramic view of the village.

The kasom khullen has Government higher secondary school. It has teachers’ quarters, separate Boys and girls hostel. The school has good performance in both HSLC (class X) and HSSLC (class XII) with over 90 percent pass percentage. However the infrastructure is in sorry state due to poor maintenance by the concerned authority.

STATISTICS

*Literacy rate : 88.53 % (Male literacy rate : 95.16 %, Female literacy rate : 81.57%)

*Schools : 4 no’s. ( Govt higher sec.school , Leimaroi Christian English high school, Good shepherd high school, SSA primary school)

*Church : 2 no’s. ( Roman Catholic Church, Baptist Church)