It was created in 2016 from the Ukhrul district, prior to which it was a subdivision of the latter.

The terrain of the district is hilly with varying heights of 913 m to 3114 m (MSL).

The district headquarter is linked with state highway of 120 Km from Imphal.

Kamjong had a sex ratio of 943 females per 1000 males.

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