Serchhip (district)

Serchhip District
State	Mizoram
Administrative headquarters :	Serchhip
Area :	1410 km²
Residents :	64,937 (2011)
Population density :	46 inhabitants / km²
Website :	official website

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

geography

The Serchhip district is located in the middle of Mizoram on the border with Myanmar . The area of the district is 1410 square kilometers. Neighboring districts are Aizawl District in the north, Champhai District in the east, Myanmar State in the southeast and Lunglei District in the south and west.

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 the beginning of 1999 to the Aizawl district . At that time, this district was divided into five new districts. One of them was the Serchhip district .

population

According to the 2011 census, the Serchhip district has 64,937 inhabitants. With 46 inhabitants per square kilometer, the district is very sparsely populated. Of the 64,937 residents, 32,918 people (50.69%) live in rural communities and 32,019 people in urban areas.

The Serchhip district belongs to the areas of Mizorams which are almost entirely populated by members of the "tribal population" ( scheduled tribes ). Among them were (2011) 62,889 people (96.85 percent of the district population). The Dalit ( scheduled castes ) numbered only 32 people in 2011 (0.05 percent of the district's population).

Population development

As everywhere in India, the population in the Serchhip district has been growing rapidly for decades. The increase in the years 2001–2011 was more than 19 percent (19.24%). In those ten years the population increased by more than 10,000 people. The following table shows the exact numbers:

Significant places

In the district there is only one urban settlement with the district capital Serchhip. Statistically, however, the three settlements Serchhip, Thenzawl and North Vanlaiphai count as towns.

District population by gender

With the exception of 1991, the proportion of both genders, which is quite atypical for India, is almost 50%.

Distribution of the population by gender in Serchhip 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	34,381	100%	37,803	100%	46.222	100%	54,460	100%	64,937	100%
Men	17,540	51.02%	18,868	49.91%	23,702	51.28%	27,691	50.85%	32,851	50.59%
Women	16,841	48.98%	18,935	50.09%	22,520	48.72%	26,769	49.15%	32,086	49.41%

District population by language

Almost the entire population of Serchhip District speaks a Tibetan Burman language . The main language Lushai (also called Mizo) accounts for over 97 percent. Less than two percent of the population - mostly people who have immigrated from other regions - speak other languages. Most commonly spoken of these languages are Hindi, Bengali and Nepali.

year	Lushai		Hindi		Meitei		Bengali		Nepali		Assamese		Total
year	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%
2011	63,437	97.69	549	0.85	151	0.23	149	0.23	123	0.19	63	0.10	64,937	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	60	0.09	63,444	97.70	991	1.53	9	0.01	335	0.52	6th	0.01	35	0.05	57	0.09	64,937	100.00%
Source: 2011 census result

education

The goal of full literacy has almost been achieved. More than 98% of men and almost as many women can read and write. Literacy is well above the Indian average.

Literacy in the Serchhip district
unit	2011 census
unit	number	proportion of
TOTAL	54,476	97.91%
Men	27,598	98.28%
Women	26,878	97.53%
TOTAL CITY	27,382	98.23%
City men	13,851	98.30%
City women	13,531	98.17%
TOTAL COUNTRY	27.094	97.59%
Country men	13,747	98.27%
Country women	13,347	96.89%
Source: 2011 census result

administration

The district has a complicated administrative structure. Of the three sub-divisions (RD Blocks) at the last census in 2011, only Serchhip is entirely within the district. The other two are partly in the Aizawl district (Thingsulthliah), partly in the Champhai district (East Lungdar). Within the boundaries of the district it looks like this:

Population in the sub-divisions
	East Lungdar		Serchhip		Thingsulthliah
	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of
TOTAL	14,897	100%	44,242	100%	5798	100%
Men	7547	50.66%	22,383	50.59%	2921	50.38%
Women	7350	49.34%	21,859	49.41%	2877	49.62%
city	3602	24.18%	28,417	64.23%	0	0%
country	11,295	75.82%	15,825	35.77%	5798	100%

Individual evidence

Web links

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

[1] Serchhip 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 Serchhip