The British Gazetteer of Manipur (1886) mentions the stream by the name "Turbung", and describes its valley as an excellent camping ground.

The division is practically significant since the valley and hill districts in Manipur have different land revenue regulations.

[8] The Torbung village in the Bishnupur district is listed in the census with 1,257 hectares (12.57 km2) area and a population of 2781 people.

[10] Scholar Rohlua Puia points out that the hill tribes (here Kuki-Zo people) living in border localities regard themselves as belonging to the hill districts (here Churachandpur), while the Meitei people in the same localities regarded themselves as belonging to the valley districts (here Bishnupur).

[8] Tedim Road (part of the National Highway 2), connecting the Imphal and Churachandpur towns, passes through Torbung.

About 1 km to the north is the village of Kangvai, populated by Kuki-Zo people and the headquarters of a subdivision of the Churachandpur district.

Further north is Phougakchao Ikhai, populated by Meitei people and included in the Torbung gram panchayat.

[14] In 1766, a village was apparently established at "Torpung" by the people of "Kyamkei" under the direction of the Moirang chief (Chantramani).

[4] Scholar Pum Khan Pau believes that the Khuga River valley might have been traversed by Manipuris for the first time in 1857, when Maharaja Chandrakirti led an expedition to Tedim (in the present day Chin State of Myanmar), which was then the central base of the Kamhau-Sukte tribes.

In 1858 when the Maharaja came to Moirang to repel the Kamhaus (Aakam-Hao) tribes, a Haokip clan of Kukis apparently came down from Saiton hills to accept settlement in the Torbung region.

According to scholar Pum Khan Pau, 47 tribal villages that paid tribute to the Kamhau chief were thus transferred to Manipur, including the entire southern part of the present-day Churachandpur district.

[26] As a key interaction point between the valley communities of Meitei people and the Kuki tribes of the Churachandpur district, Torbung has often been in the news.