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- ↑ Paojakhup Guite, Churachandpur (Lamka) town: The unplanned growth of urbanisation & its civic management systems, Ukhrul Times, 13 July 2022.
- ↑ "Tuibuang". 2011 Census of India . Government of India. Archived from the original on 15 September 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.