Census of India 2011 MIZORAM SERIES-16 PART XII-A DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK CHAMPHAI VILLAGE AND TOWN DIRECTORY DIRECTORATE OF CENSUS OPERATIONS MIZORAM i ii iii CENSUS OF INDIA 2011 MIZORAM SERIES-16 PART XII - A DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK CHAMPHAI VILLAGE AND TOWN DIRECTORY Directorate of Census Operations MIZORAM iv Motif THASIAMA SE NO NEIHNA Thasiama Se No neihna is a plateau on a rugged hillock measuring around 7.20 sq meters near Vaphai Village, which is around 86 km form Champhai Town. This place occupies an important place in the history of the Mizos. According to legends, this plateau was the place where Thasiama’s would give birth to her calf. Considering the height at which this plateau is located, it is practically impossible for a mithun to go up there even today, but legends say that Thasiama had an affair with a fairy named Chawngtinleri and this fairy had bestowed a gift to Thasiama that his mithun would multiply and make him rich and prosperous. It was the fairy herself who would guide Thasiama’s mithun to this plateau to deliver her babies safely, and also protect them all against the fierce tigers that inhabited the area. The place attracts a large number of tourists both from Mizoram as well as outside the State. A visit to this plateau is indeed an exciting and thrilling experience. v LIANCHHIARI LUNGLEN TLANG This is a rocky ledge over a high cliff where love-smitten Lianchhiari used to sit to watch the distant villag where her lover, Chawngfianga had migrated. With its tip projecting and cmmanding a good view of the surrounding hills, it is situated at Dungtlang Village, about 56 kilometers from Champhai. The story goes that Lianchhiari, a beautiful daughter of Vanhnuaithanga, the great Chief of Dungtlang, fell in love with Chawngfianga, son of a common citizen. Their romance blossomed and became the talk of the village. As is customary, the young man’s family sent a go-between to the girl’s family to negotiate and settle the ritual formalities for a wedding. However, the man chosen to act as the go- between happened to be jealous of Chawngfianga, whom the Chief also evidently favoured, and he insidiously thwarted the plans for marriage. Greatly embarrassed, Chawngfianga and his family quietly migrated to Chhingzawl Village to the east of Dungtlang. This came as a great shock to Lianchhiari who became heartbroken and went up the hill to sit on the precarious ledge from which she could see the village where her lover had gone to live. For many days she used to sit thee gazing endlessly down to Chhingzawl village, refusing to eat and composed woeful songs of love. The rock slab where Lianchhiari sat for solitude in a pensive mood enjoying the view of Chawngfianga’s village came to be known as Lianchhiari Lungleng Tlang. vi MIZO HLAKUNGPUI MUAL Mizo Hlakungpui Mual (Mizo poets’ Square) is a monument to commemorate Mizo Poets. It was set up in 1986. It is located at the southern edge of khawbung village. In Hlakungpui, monuments to Mizo laureate poets and writers were erected at intervals of ten years. The origin of these monuments sprang from the village people of Khawbun in 1983, when the Executive Committee of Khawbung Branch YMA resolved to commemorate the two laureate poets, Patea and Damhauha. In time, the local people decided to include all the Mizo poets and writers who deserved recognition for their contribution to Mizo literature. The Committee agred, and the selection procedure goes as – writers who have produced at least 3-4 books and have had a prolonged influence on Mizo literature would be selected while Poets whose songs/ poems have exceptional literary value would also be included. Writers/Poets are included in Hlakungpui Mual only after five years after their death. vii CONTENTS Pages 1 Map of District i 2 Inner cover page iii 3 Motif iv 4 Contents vii 5 Foreword (from RGI) ix 6 Preface (from DCO) xiii 7 Acknowledgements xv 8 History and Scope of the District Census Handbook xvii 9 Brief History of the District xix 10 Administrative Setup xxi 11 District Highlight - 2011 Census xxiii Village and Town Directory Brief Note on Village and Town Directory 3 12 Section - I Village Directory 14 - 23 (a) C.D. Block Maps (showing Tahsil boundary as per instructions issued by Map Division (b) Alphabetical list of Villages along with location Code 2001 and 2011 (c) Amenities and Land use (As in 2009) 24 - 43 (d) Appendices to Village Directory Appendix I : Summary showing total number of villages 44 having Educational, Medical and other amenities in viallges-C.D. Block level Appendix I A : Villages by number of Primary Schools. 46 viii Appendix I B : Villages by Primary, Middle and Secondary 46 Schools Appendix I C : Villages with different sources of drinking 46 water facilities available Appendix V : Summary showing number of Villages not 47 having Scheduled Caste population Appendix VI : Summary showing number of Villages not 47 having Scheduled Tribe Population Appendix VII A : List of Villages according to the proportion 48 of the Scheduled Castes to the total population by ranges Appendix VII B : List of Villages according to the proportion 52 of the Scheduled Tribes to the total population by ranges 13 Section II - Town Directory (a) Town Directory Statement I - Status and Growth History 78 (b) Town Directory Statement II - Physical aspects and location of 78 towns, 2009 (c) Town Directory Statement III - Civic and other amenities, 2009 80 (d) Town Directory Statement IV - Medical Facilities, 2009 82 (e) Town Directory Statement V - Educational, Recreational and 82 Cultural facilities, 2009 (f) Town Directory Statement VI - Industry and banking, 2009 82 ix FOREWORD The District Census Handbook (DCHB) is an important publication of the Census Organization since 1951. It contains both Census and non Census data of urban and rural areas for each District. The Census data provide information on demographic and socio-economic characteristics of population at the lowest administrative unit i.e. of each Village, Town and Ward of the District. The Primary Census Abstract (PCA) part of this publication contains Census data including data on household amenities collected during 1st phase of the Census i.e. House Listing and Housing Census. The non Census data presented in the DCHB is in the form of Village Directory and Town Directory contain information on various infrastructure facilities available in the village and town viz; education, medical, drinking water, communication and transport, post and telegraph, electricity, banking, and other miscellaneous facilities. Later on, the Telegraph Services were closed by the Government of India on 15th July, 2013. The data of DCHB are of considerable importance in the context of planning and development at the grass- root level. 2. In the 1961 Census, DCHB provided a descriptive account of the District, administrative statistics, Census tables and Village and Town Directory including Primary Census Abstract. This pattern was changed in 1971 Census and the DCHB was published in three parts: Part-A related to Village and Town Directory, Part-B to Village and Town PCA and Part-C comprised analytical report, administrative statistics, District Census tables and certain analytical tables based on PCA and amenity data in respect of Villages. The 1981 Census DCHB was published in two parts: Part-A contained Village and Town Directory and Part- B the PCA of Village and Town including the SCs and STs PCA up to Tahsil/Town levels. New features along with restructuring of the formats of Village and Town Directory were added. In Village Directory, all amenities except electricity were brought together and if any amenity was not available in the referent Village, the distance in broad ranges from the nearest place having such an amenity, was given. 3. The pattern of 1981 Census was followed by and large for the DCHB of 1991 Census except the format of PCA. It was restructured. Nine-fold industrial classification of main workers was given against the four-fold industrial classification presented in the 1981 Census. In addition, x sex wise population in 0-6 age group was included in the PCA for the first time with a view to enable the data users to compile more realistic literacy rate as all children below 7 years of age had been treated as illiterate at the time of 1991 Census. One of the important innovations in the 1991 Census was the Community Development Block (CD Block) level presentation of Village Directory and PCA data instead of the traditional Tahsil/Taluk/PS level presentation. 4. As regards DCHB of 2001 Census, the scope of Village Directory was improved by including some other amenities like banking, recreational and cultural facilities, newspapers & magazines and ‘most important commodity’ manufactured in a Village in addition to prescribed facilities of earlier Censuses. In Town Directory, the statement on Slums was modified and its coverage was enlarged by including details on all slums instead of ‘notified slums’. 5. The scope and coverage of Village Directory of 2011 DCHB has been widened by including a number of new amenities in addition to those of 2001. These newly added amenities are: Pre-Primary School, Engineering College, Medical College, Management Institute, Polytechnic, Non-formal Training Centre, Special School for Disabled, Community Health Centre, Veterinary Hospital, Mobile Health Clinic, Medical Practitioner with MBBS Degree, Medical Practitioner with no degree, Traditional Practitioner and faith Healer, Medicine Shop, Community Toilet,