Lawngtlai (District)

Lawngtlai District
State	Mizoram
Administrative headquarters :	Lawngtlai
Area :	2557 km²
Residents :	117,894 (2011)
Population density :	46 inhabitants / km²
Website :	www.lawngtlai.nic.in

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

geography

The Lawngtlai district is located in the south of Mizoram on the border with Bangladesh and Myanmar . The area of the district is 2557 square kilometers. Neighboring districts are Lunglei in the north and Saiha in the east. The district borders Myanmar to the south and Bangladesh to the west.

history

In the late 19th century, the British conquered the region and the area became part of Assam. During World War II, the area was near the front line between the British and 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 originally belonged to the Mizo district . In 1976 this was split into the three new districts of Aizawl, Chhimtuipui and Lunglei. Lawngtlai was part of the Chhimtuipui District. In 1998, the then Chhimtuipui district was split into the new Lawngtlai and Saiha districts. The territorial status has remained unchanged since then.

population

According to the 2011 census, the Lawngtlai district has 117,894 inhabitants. With 46 inhabitants per square kilometer, the district is only sparsely populated. The district is predominantly rural. Of the 117,894 residents, 97,064 people (82.33%) live in rural areas and 20,830 people in urban communities.

The Lawngtlai district is one of those areas of India that are almost entirely populated by members of the "tribal population" ( scheduled tribes ). Among them were (2011) 112,354 people (95.30 percent of the district population). The Dalit ( scheduled castes ) numbered only 146 people in 2011 (0.10 percent of the district's population).

Population development

As everywhere in India, the population in the Lawngtlai district has been growing rapidly for decades. The increase in the years 2001-2011 was almost 35 percent (34.59%). In these ten years the population increased by over 30,000 people. The following table illustrates the development:

Significant places

With the district capital Lawngtlai (20,830 inhabitants) there is only one place with more than 10,000 inhabitants in the district.

District population by gender

As is common in India, the district always had more male than female residents. Between 1971 and 1981 the proportion of men increased sharply. But in recent years the surplus of men has been falling again. Among the youngest residents (under 7 years of age) the proportions of both sexes are 50.85% male and 49.15% female.

Distribution of population by gender in Lawngtlai 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	29,367	100%	44,277	100%	64,946	100%	87,592	100%	117,894	100%
Men	14,887	50.69%	23,539	53.16%	34,171	52.61%	45,877	52.37%	60,599	51.40%
Women	14,480	49.31%	20,738	46.84%	30,775	47.39%	41,715	47.63%	57,295	48.60%

District population by language

The Lawngtlai district's population is linguistically very mixed. In contrast to other regions of the state of Mizoram, no ethnic group dominates here. The strongest three language groups Chakma, Pawi and Mizo / Lushai still belong to around 80 percent of the population. In the RD Block Chawngte, 37,803 people (83.44 percent of the residents) are Chakma. In the RD Block Lawngtlai, 17,798 people (45.96 percent of the residents) are Mizo / Lushai and 8,952 people (23.12 percent of the residents) are Pawi. In the RD Block Sangau, 15,719 people (93.91 percent of the residents) are Pawi. And in the RD Block South Bungtlang 5,772 people (33.70 percent of the residents) are Chakma, 3,503 people (20.45 percent of the residents) Mizo / Lushai, 2,261 people (13.20 percent of the residents) Kokborok and 1,844 people (10, 76 percent of residents) Riang. All languages spoken by more than 500 people are shown in the following table:

year	Chakma		Pawi		Lushai		Riang		Kokborok		Bengali		Hindi		Total
year	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%
2011	46,309	39.28	24,710	20.96	23.096	19.59	5,780	4.90	2,730	2.32	789	0.67	606	0.51	117,894	100.00%
Source: 2011 census result

Population of the district by confession

The Tibetan Burmese 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 Chakma, on the other hand, are more than 90 percent Buddhists like the residents of nearby Myanmar. 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	51,549	43.72	63,892	54.19	1,668	1.41	122	0.10	522	0.44	52	0.04	2	0.00	87	0.07	117,894	100.00%
Source: 2011 census result

education

Thanks to significant efforts, the goal of full literacy in urban areas has almost been achieved. In rural areas, only around 60 percent can read and write. The strong differences between the sexes and the urban / rural population are typical of Indian conditions. Literacy is well below the Mizoram average.

Literacy in Lawngtlai District
unit	2011 census
unit	number	proportion of
TOTAL	62,861	65.88%
Men	36,444	74.12%
Women	26,417	57.12%
TOTAL CITY	16,939	95.66%
City men	8,800	96.97%
City women	8,139	94.28%
TOTAL COUNTRY	45,922	59.10%
Country men	27,644	68.95%
Country women	18,278	48.60%
Source: 2011 census result

administration

The district was divided into four sub-divisions (CD blocks) at the last census in 2011:

Population in the sub-divisions
	Chawngte		Lawngtlai		Sangau		South Bungtlang
	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of
TOTAL	45,307	100%	38,722	100%	16,739	100%	17.126	100%
Men	23,457	51.77%	19,857	51.28%	8,438	50.41%	8,847	51.66%
Women	21,850	48.23%	18,865	48.72%	8,301	49.59%	8,279	48.34%
city	0	0%	20,830	53.79%	0	0%	0	0%
country	45,307	100%	17,892	46.21%	16,739	100%	17.126	100%

Individual evidence

Web links

Commons : Lawngtlai District - Collection of images, videos and audio files

24.32 92.54Coordinates: 24 ° 19 ′ 12 ″ N , 92 ° 32 ′ 24 ″ E

[1] Lawngtlai District: Census 2011 data

[2] A - 2 DECADAL VARIATION IN POPULATION SINCE 1901

[3] Result of the 2011 census on city population

[4] District Census Handbook Lawngtlai