High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Manipuri Muslims locally known as Pangal are a cultural group and religious minority who have been living peacfully with the majority community- the Meitei who are co-valley dwellers and with hill inhabitants- Naga and Kuki who are Christians. Muslims have been living in Manipur, North East India since early seven century AD. Now they form a population of 8.32 percent of the total state population; in 2001 government census, Muslims with 190,939 persons (Pangal or Meitei-Pangal as local names).