Aizawl (district)

Aizawl District
State	Mizoram
Administrative headquarters :	Aizawl
Area :	3576 km²
Residents :	400,309 (2011)
Population density :	112 inhabitants / km²
Website :	www.aizawl.nic.in

City of Aizawl

The Aizawl district is a district in the Indian state of Mizoram . The administrative seat is the city of the same name Aizawl .

geography

The district of Aizawl is located in the north of Mizoram on the border with the Indian states of Assam and Manipur . The area of the district is 3576 square kilometers. Neighboring districts are Champhai in the east, Serchhip in the south, Lunglei in the southwest and Mamit and Kolasib in the west. In the north the district borders on Assam and in the northeast on Manipur.

history

In the late 19th century, the British conquered the region and the area became part of Assam. During World War II it was close to the front line between the British and the Japanese. After Indian independence, Assam joined India in 1949. Later Assam was split up into several states and the area became part of the new state of Mizoram. The district belonged to the Mizo district until 1976 . This was then split into the three new districts of Aizawl, Chhimtuipui and Lunglei. In 1999, what was then Aizawl District was divided into the new Aizawl, Champhai, Kolasib, Mamit and Serchhip districts. The territorial status has remained unchanged since then.

population

According to the 2011 census, the Aizawl district has 400,309 inhabitants. With 112 inhabitants per square kilometer, the district is densely populated. The district is predominantly urban. Of the 400,309 residents, 85,555 people (21.37%) live in rural communities and 314,754 people in urban areas.

The district of Aizawl belongs to the areas of India which are almost entirely populated by members of the "tribal population" ( scheduled tribes ). They included (2011) 373,542 people (93.31 percent of the district's population). The Dalit ( scheduled castes ) numbered 627 people in 2011 (0.16 percent of the district's population).

Population development

As everywhere in India, the population in the Aizawl district has been growing rapidly for decades. The increase in the years 2001–2011 was almost 23 percent (22.92%). In those ten years the population increased by nearly 75,000. The following table illustrates the development:

Significant places

In the district there is only one urban settlement with the district capital Aizawl. From a statistical point of view, however, the three settlements Darlawn , Sairang and Saitual are also considered cities (census towns).

District population by gender

As is common in India, the district had more male than female residents. Between 1971 and 1991 the proportion of men increased sharply. But it is now falling again and the proportions of both sexes are almost 50%. With an unusually large majority of the female population for India.

Distribution of the population by gender in Aizawl district
	1971 census		1981 census		1991 census		2001 census		2011 census
	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of
TOTAL	88,298	100%	148,607	100%	235.879	100%	325,676	100%	400.309	100%
Men	45.189	51.18%	77,361	52.06%	122,940	52.12%	166,877	51.24%	199,270	49.78%
Women	43,109	48.82%	71,246	47.94%	112,939	47.88%	158,799	48.76%	201.039	50.22%

District population by language

A clear majority of the population of Aizawl District speaks a Tibetan Burman language . The main language, Lushai, accounts for over 90 percent. A few percent of the population - mostly people who have immigrated from other regions - speak a different language. The most widely spoken of these languages are Bengali, Hindi and Nepali. All languages spoken by more than 1000 people are shown in the following table:

year	Lushai		Hmar		Nepali		Bengali		Paite		Hindi		Meitei		Total
year	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%
2011	361.507	90.31	11,050	2.76	6052	1.51	5375	1.34	4160	1.04	3528	0.88	1323	0.33	400.309	100.00%
Source: 2011 census result

Population of the district by confession

The residents have converted almost entirely to Christianity in the past 100 years. The most important communities within Christianity are the Presbyterians (Reformed), Baptists, and Catholics. The Hindus and Muslims form smaller religious minorities and are mainly immigrants from other regions of India and from Bangladesh. The following table shows the exact religious composition of the population:

year	Buddhists		Christians		Hindus		Jainas		Muslims		Sikhs		Other		not specified		Total
year	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%
2011	1570	0.39	379.134	94.71	13,249	3.31	76	0.02	5264	1.31	105	0.03	505	0.13	406	0.10	400.309	100.00%
Source: 2011 census result

education

Thanks to significant efforts, the goal of full literacy has almost been achieved. The small differences between the sexes and the urban / rural population are astonishing by Indian standards. Literacy is well above the Indian average.

Literacy in the Aizawl district
unit	2011 census
unit	number	proportion of
TOTAL	340,595	97.89%
Men	169,547	98.11%
Women	171.048	97.67%
TOTAL CITY	270,820	98.27%
City men	133,633	98.44%
City women	137.187	98.11%
TOTAL COUNTRY	69,775	96.40%
Country men	35,914	96.89%
Country women	33,861	95.90%
Source: 2011 census result

administration

At the last census in 2011, the district was divided into five sub-divisions (CD blocks):

Population in the sub-divisions
	Aibawk		Darlawn		Vials		Thingsulthliah Part		Tlangnuam Part
	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of
TOTAL	17,128	100%	26,048	100%	13.303	100%	32,099	100%	311,731	100%
Men	8758	51.13%	13,377	51.36%	6767	50.87%	16,098	50.15%	154,270	49.49%
Women	8370	48.87%	12,671	48.64%	6536	49.13%	16.001	49.85%	157.461	50.51%
city	0	0%	3769	14.47%	0	0%	11,619	36.20%	299,366	96.03%
country	17,128	100%	22,279	85.53%	13.303	100%	20,480	63.80%	12,365	3.97%