Letthenlal Haokip was born on the 16th August 1986 at L. Thingphai Village, Henglep Sub. Division, Churachandpur, Manipur, India. He is the son of Shri. Thangkam Haokip, Chief cum founder of L. Thingphai Village ( and the present Chairman of Leimata Area Chief Association, Henglep ). He started his schooling at St. Joshep School, Imphal in the year 1989 (Nursery) and continue till Class iii at the same School, shifted to Churachandpur on account of the ethnic clashes between the Kukis & Nagas in the Hills of Manipur State. He completed Cl-X from Bethany Christian High School in 2001 & Cl-XII from Sielmat Christian Higher Secondary School in 2003. He obtained dual degrees from Delhi University i,e B.Sc (Botany) from Kirori Mal College, DU in 2006 along with BA (Political Science) from the same University through School of Open learning in 2007 and Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) from the prestigious Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Calcutta in 2009.