Saiha (district)

Saiha District
State	Mizoram
Administrative headquarters :	Saiha
Area :	1409 km²
Residents :	56,574 (2011)
Population density :	40 people / km²
Website :	official website

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

geography

Saiha district is located in the southeast of Mizoram on the border with Myanmar . The area of the district is 1409 square kilometers. The neighboring district is Lawngtlai district in the west and north and Myanmar in the east and south.

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 . From then until early 1999 to the Chhimtuipui District . At that time, this district was divided into the two districts of Chhimtuipui and Lawngtlai . The current district initially continued to be called Chhimtuipui. Later he was given the current name of Saiha District .

population

According to the 2011 census, the Saiha district has 56,574 inhabitants. With 40 inhabitants per square kilometer, the district is very sparsely populated. The district is predominantly rural. Of the 56,574 residents, 31,464 (55.62%) live in rural communities and 25,110 people in urban areas.

The Saiha district is one of the areas of Mizorams which are almost entirely populated by members of the "tribal population" ( scheduled tribes ). They included (2011) 54,642 people (96.59 percent of the district population). In 2011, 83 people (0.15 percent of the district's population) belonged to the Dalit ( scheduled castes ).

Population development

As everywhere in India, the population in the Saiha district has been growing rapidly for decades. The increase in the years 2001–2011 was more than 20 percent (20.16%). In these ten years the population increased by more than 9,000 people. The following table shows the exact numbers:

Significant places

With the district capital Saiha, there is only one urban settlement in the district. Since 25,110 of the 56,574 people in the district live in the small town, the proportion of the urban population is 44.38%.

District population by gender

The district originally had - very unusual for India - more women than men. 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%.

Distribution of the population by gender in Saiha 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	13,508	100%	22,143	100%	34,930	100%	47,084	100%	56,574	100%
Men	6656	49.27%	11,460	51.75%	18,133	51.91%	24,141	51.27%	28,594	50.54%
Women	6852	50.73%	10,683	48.25%	16,797	48.09%	22,943	48.73%	27,980	49.46%

District population by language

A clear majority of the population of Saiha District speaks a Tibetan Burmese language . The main language Mara accounts for over 66 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 and Hindi.

year	Mara		Lushai		Pawi		Hindi		Bengali		Meitei		Total
year	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%
2011	37,490	66.27	9487	16.77	3031	5.36	588	1.04	526	0.93	108	0.19	56,574	100.00%
Source: 2011 census result

Population of the district by confession

The residents profess Christianity almost entirely. The most important communities within Christianity are the Presbyterians (Reformed), Baptists, and Catholics. The Muslims and Hindus form smaller religious minorities. 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	102	0.18	54,977	97.18	933	1.65	4th	0.01	514	0.91	11	0.02	2	0.00	31	0.05	56,574	100.00%
Source: 2011 census result

education

Despite significant efforts, the goal of full literacy has not yet been achieved. While more than 96% of men can read and write in the cities, the literacy rate of women in rural areas is just under 82%. But education has made huge strides in the last few decades. Literacy is well above the Indian average.

Literacy in Saiha District
unit	2011 census
unit	number	proportion of
TOTAL	42,233	90.01%
Men	21,861	92.64%
Women	20,372	87.34%
TOTAL CITY	20,270	95.10%
City men	10,332	96.09%
City women	9938	94.09%
TOTAL COUNTRY	21,963	85.77%
Country men	11,529	89.75%
Country women	10,434	81.76%
Source: 2011 census result

administration

The district was divided into two sub-divisions (RD Blocks) at the last census in 2011:

Population in the sub-divisions
	Saiha		Tuipang
	number	proportion of	number	proportion of
TOTAL	35,531	100%	21,043	100%
Men	18,015	50.70%	10,579	50.27%
Women	17,516	49.30%	10,464	49.73%
city	25.110	70.67%	0	0%
country	10,421	29.33%	21,043	100%

Individual evidence

Web links

22.29 92.59Coordinates: 22 ° 17 ′ 24 ″ N , 92 ° 35 ′ 24 ″ E

[1] Saiha 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 Saiha