Mamit (district)

Mamit district
State	Mizoram
Administrative headquarters :	Mamit
Area :	3025 km²
Residents :	86,364 (2011)
Population density :	29 people / km²
Website :	www.mamit.nic.in

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

geography

The Mamit district is located in the northwest of Mizoram on the border with the Indian states of Assam and Tripura and Bangladesh . The area of the district is 3,025 square kilometers. Neighboring districts are Kolasib in the northeast, Aizawl in the east and Lunglei in the south. The district is bordered by Bangladesh to the southwest and west, Tripura to the west and northwest and Assam to the north.

history

In the late 19th century, the British conquered the region and the area became part of Assam. During World War II it was near 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 originally belonged to the Mizo district . In 1976 this was split into the three new districts of Aizawl, Chhimtuipui and Lunglei. Mamit was part of the Aizawl district. In 1998 the then Aizawl district was divided into the new districts Aizawl, Champhai, Kolasib, Mamit and Serchhip. The territorial status has remained unchanged since then.

population

According to the 2011 census, the Mamit district has 86,364 inhabitants. With 29 inhabitants per square kilometer, the district is only sparsely populated. The district is predominantly rural. Of the 86,364 residents, 71,465 people (82.75%) live in rural areas and 14,899 people in urban communities.

The Mamit district is one of the areas of India that is almost entirely populated by members of the "tribal population" ( scheduled tribes ). Among them (2011) were 82,080 people (95.04 percent of the district population). The Dalit ( scheduled castes ) numbered only 51 people in 2011 (0.06 percent of the district's population).

Population development

As everywhere in India, the population in the Mamit district has been growing rapidly for decades. The increase in the years 2001–2011 was almost 38 percent (37.56%). In these ten years the population increased by more than 23,000 people. In 2001 the population of the district had decreased compared to 1991. The reason was the war between Indian troops and Maoist rebels, which led to the flight of part of the population to safer areas. The following table illustrates the development:

Significant places

There are no places with more than 10,000 inhabitants in the district. Statistically, however, the three settlements of Lengpui , Mamit and Zawlnuam are considered cities (notified towns).

District population by gender

As is common in India, the district always had more male than female residents. The surplus of men was above average, even by Indian standards. But in recent years the surplus of men has been falling again. For the youngest residents (under 7 years of age), the proportions of both sexes are 50.51% male and 49.49% female.

Distribution of the population by gender in the Mamit 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	30,311	100%	52,255	100%	64,572	100%	62,785	100%	86,364	100%
Men	16,144	53.26%	27,987	53.56%	34,147	52.88%	33.114	52.74%	44,828	51.91%
Women	14,167	46.74%	24,268	46.44%	30,425	47.12%	29,671	47.26%	41,536	48.09%

District population by language

A clear majority of the population of the Mamit district speaks a Tibetan Burman language . The main language Mizo / Lushai accounts for over 62 percent. Major minority languages are Chakma, Kokborok and Riang. There are also speakers of other Tibetan Burman languages. Only a small proportion of the population - mostly immigrants from other regions - do not speak the Tibetan Burman language. A clear majority of them are Bengali speakers. Other languages spoken by immigrants are Hindi and Nepali (286 people). However, there are major differences in the distribution of languages in the three sub-areas. In the RD Block Reiek, 16,857 people (94.34 percent of the residents) are Mizo / Lushai. The West Phaileng RD Block has a mixed population. 9,180 people (43.08 percent of the residents) are Mizo / Lushai, 7,260 people (34.07 percent of the residents) are Chakma, 2,936 people (13.78 percent of the residents) are Kokborok and 1,445 people (6.78 percent of the residents) are Riang . Different language groups also live in the RD Block Zawlnuam. There are 28,036 (59.41 percent of residents) Mizo / Lushai, 6,817 people (14.45 percent of residents) Kokborok, 5,902 people (12.51 percent of residents) Chakma, 3,165 people (6.71 percent of residents) Riang and 1,539 people (3.26 percent of residents) of Bengalis. All languages spoken by more than 500 people are shown in the following table:

year	Lushai		Chakma		Kokborok		Riang		Bengali		Hindi		Total
year	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%
2011	54,073	62.61	13,171	15.25	10.197	11.81	4,669	5.41	1,661	1.92	434	0.50	86,364	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 are over 90 percent Buddhists with a Christian minority. 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	12,328	14.27	69,104	80.01	2,989	3.46	25th	0.03	1,782	2.06	13	0.02	19th	0.02	104	0.12	86,364	100.00%
Source: 2011 census result

education

Thanks to significant efforts, the goal of full literacy has come closer. Almost everyone in the cities can read. In the country, more than 80 percent. The differences between the sexes and the urban / rural population are typical of Indian conditions. Literacy is well above the Indian average.

Literacy in the Mamit district
unit	2011 census
unit	number	proportion of
TOTAL	60.191	84.93%
Men	32,977	89.13%
Women	27.214	80.35%
TOTAL CITY	12,017	95.40%
City men	6,245	95.86%
City women	5,772	94.92%
TOTAL COUNTRY	48.174	82.67%
Country men	26,732	87.69%
Country women	21,442	77.16%
Source: 2011 census result

administration

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

Population in the sub-divisions
	Reiek		West Phaileng		Zawlnuam
	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of
TOTAL	17,867	100%	21.309	100%	47,188	100%
Men	9.119	51.04%	11,232	52.71%	24,477	51.87%
Women	8,748	48.96%	10,077	47.29%	22,711	48.13%
city	3,282	18.37%	0	0%	11,617	24.62%
country	14,585	81.63%	21.309	100%	35,571	75.38%

Individual evidence

Web links

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

23.56 92.29Coordinates: 23 ° 33 ′ 36 " N , 92 ° 17 ′ 24" E

[1] Mamit 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 Kolasib