Lunglei (district)

Lunglei District
State	Mizoram
Administrative headquarters :	Lunglei
Area :	4536 km²
Residents :	161,428 (2011)
Population density :	36 people / km²
Website :	www.lunglei.nic.in

Lunglei

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

geography

The Lunglei district is located in the center of Mizoram on the border with Bangladesh and Myanmar . The area of the district is 4536 square kilometers. Neighboring districts are Mamit in the north, Aizawl in the northeast, Serchhip in the northeast and east, Saiha in the southeast and Lawngtlai in the south. The district borders Myanmar to the east 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. The territorial status has remained unchanged since then.

population

According to the 2011 census, the Lunglei district has 161,428 inhabitants. With 36 inhabitants per square kilometer, the district is only sparsely populated. The district is predominantly rural. Of the 161,428 residents, 92,676 people (57.31%) live in rural areas and 68,752 people in urban communities.

The Lunglei 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) 153,533 people (95.11 percent of the district population). Only 178 people (0.11 percent of the district's population) belonged to the Dalit ( scheduled castes ) in 2011.

Population development

As everywhere in India, the population in the Lunglei district has been growing rapidly for decades. The increase in the years 2001–2011 was almost 18 percent (17.64%). In these ten years the population increased by over 24,000 people. The following table illustrates the development:

Significant places

With the district capital Lunglei there is only one place with more than 10,000 inhabitants in the district. From a statistical point of view, however, the two settlements of Hnahthial and Tlabung are also considered to be cities (notified towns).

District population by gender

As is common in India, the district always had more male than female residents. Even by Indian standards, the surplus of men was well above average. 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 50.95% male and 49.05% female.

Distribution of the population by gender in Lunglei 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	60,403	100%	86,511	100%	111,415	100%	137.223	100%	161,428	100%
Men	32,880	54.43%	45.998	53.17%	58,331	52.35%	71,402	52.03%	82,891	51.35%
Women	27,523	45.57%	40,513	46.83%	53,084	47.65%	65,821	47.97%	78,537	48.65%

District population by language

Lunglei District's population is linguistically mixed. The two strongest language groups Mizo / Lushai and Chakma, however, belong to over 92 percent of the population. Two of the four CD blocks are linguistically uniform. In the CD Block Hnahthial there are 25,838 people (98.95 percent of the residents) Mizo / Lushai. And in the CD Block Lunglei, 71,280 people (92 percent of the residents) are Mizo / Lushai. In contrast, 22,403 people (57.41 percent of residents) are Chakma, 10,452 people (26.79 percent of residents) Mizo / Lushai, 3,708 people (9.50 percent of residents) Riang and 599 people (1.54 Percent of residents) Kokborok. In the CD Block West Bunghnum, 10,296 people (54.73 percent of the residents) are Chakma and 8,324 people (44.25 percent of the residents) are Mizo / Lushai. All languages spoken by more than 500 people are shown in the following table:

year	Lushai		Chakma		Riang		Bengali		Hindi		Kokborok		Nepali		Total
year	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%
2011	115,894	71.79	33,046	20.47	3,723	2.31	1,872	1.16	1,855	1.15	1.009	0.63	621	0.38	161,428	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. Buddhists and Christians are roughly equally represented in the Lungsen and West Bunghnum CD blocks. The other two CD blocks, Hnahthial and Lunglei, have a clear Christian majority. 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	27,543	17.06	127.124	78.75	5,231	3.24	93	0.06	1,290	0.80	74	0.05	5	0.00	68	0.04	161,428	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 82 percent can read and write. The strong differences between the sexes and the urban / rural population are typical of Indian conditions. Literacy is well above the Indian average.

Literacy in Lunglei District
unit	2011 census
unit	number	proportion of
TOTAL	121.122	88.86%
Men	64,515	92.04%
Women	56,607	85.49%
TOTAL CITY	59.008	97.79%
City men	30,448	98.19%
City women	28,560	97.37%
TOTAL COUNTRY	62.114	81.76%
Country men	34,067	87.17%
Country women	28,047	76.03%
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
	Hnahthial		Lunglei		Lungs		West Bunghnum
	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of
TOTAL	26,113	100%	77,482	100%	39,020	100%	18,813	100%
Men	13,040	49.96%	39,990	51.61%	20,021	51.31%	9,840	52.30%
Women	13,073	50.04%	37,492	48.39%	18,999	48.69%	8,973	47.70%
city	7.187	27.52%	57.011	73.58%	4,554	11.67%	0	0%
country	18,926	72.48%	20,471	26.42%	34,466	88.33%	18,813	100%

Individual evidence

Web links

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

22.55 92.46Coordinates: 22 ° 33 ′ 0 ″ N , 92 ° 27 ′ 36 ″ E

[1] Lunglei 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 Lunglei