Shingkap is flanked by Lungpha in the north, Riha in the west, Tangkhul Hundung in the south and Alang in the east.

Locally, the inhabitants speak Shingkap tui which belongs to the Tibeto-Burman language family.

Shingkap is one of the 44 villages considered likely to be affected as a catchment area when the Mapithel multi purpose project is finally functional.

[2] Professor Yaruingam Awungshi, a sociologist specialized on African religion hails from this village.

[3] In 2013, Jonathan Kashung, a well known social worker among the Tangkhuls from Shingkap was kidnapped and murdered by the NSCN for some undisclosed reason.