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Jiribam (Meitei language:/jee-ree-baam/) is a town governed by a municipal council in the Jiribam district of the state of Manipur, India. It is one of the fastest-growing towns in Manipur.
The town is located on the state's westernmost boundary, adjoining the Cachar district of Assam. It is also known as the western gate of Manipur. Jiribam town is inhabited by the Meiteis, Bengalis, Hmar people and various other communities.
The Jiribam Valley was at that time forested and uninhabited. The Cachar portion of the valley had a ferry port at Jirighat, which was used by the travellers on the Silchar–Manipur road (called "Cachar Road" in Manipur).; Imperial Gazetteer of India, Vol. XIV, pp. 177–178 The Manipur state government decided to open the valley for agricultural settlement in 1907, and by 1911, 14,346 bighas land is said to have been settled.
By 1931, there were 46 villages in the Jiribam settlement, populated by Meitei people (Meitei) Hindus and Muslims, Bengali people Hindus and Muslims, a few Kuki people and Kabui people. Jiribam also had 5 primary schools, the same number as in the Imphal Valley outside the city of Imphal. Most of the settlers in Jiribam came from the Cachar district, very few from the Imphal Valley (Manipur valley). This meant that the settlers had to be treated as 'British subjects' rather than 'Manipur state subjects' and revenue settlement orders and dispute resolutions had to be carried out by the British Political Agent.
After the independence of India, Manipur elected a legislative assembly under its own constitution. Ten seats in the assembly were allocated to the hill areas, which included Jiribam.
This also meant that Jiribam became part of the valley area of Manipur, rather than hill area. To avoid the anomaly, the eastern part consisting of the Vangai range was transferred to the Tipaimukh subdivision. With the reorganisation of 'Manipur Central', Jiribam got attached to the [[Imphal East]] district. In 2016, Jiribam subdivision became an independent [[Jiribam district]].Khelen Thokchom, More districts in Manipur, The Telegraph (Kolkata), 9 December 2016.
In 2017, a Manipur Legislative Assembly election candidate from the Bengali community, Ashab Uddin, became the first member of the Jiribam minority community to win an election.
Jiribam lies under the direct influence of southwest monsoon season and rainfall is abundant compared to other places in the state. About twenty to thirty percent of annual rainfall occurs during the pre-monsoon season in the month of May. About sixty to seventy percent of rainfall occurs in the rainy season which runs from the second half of June to September. The average rainfall during the rainy season ranges from .
Jiribam is humid with a moderately hot temperature. The months of May and June are the hottest. The hottest temperatures are recorded in May at about . The temperature is very pleasant in autumn, which falls around September to November. The lowest temperatures are recorded from the second half of December to the first half of January where temperatures can fall below at late night. However, days are comfortably warm even in this period.
India [[census]], Jiribam had a population of 6,426. Males constitute 49 percent of the population and females 51 percent. Jiribam has an average literacy rate of 73 percent, which is higher than the national average of 59.5 percent. Male literacy is 80 percent while female literacy is 66 percent. In Jiribam, 13 percent of the population is less than six years of age.
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