North Vanlaiphai
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| name = North Vanlaiphai
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = India
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = Mizoram
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = Serchhip
| subdivision_type3 = Taluk
| subdivision_name3 = East Lungdar
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| population_total = 3602
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = Mizo
| timezone1 = IST
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| website = {{URL|mizoram.nic.in}}
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North Vanlaiphai is a census town in East Lungdar Taluk in the Indian state of Mizoram. In the 2001 census it was listed in Serchhip District;{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher=Office of the Registrar General, Census Commission of India}} however in the 2011 census it was listed in Champhai District.{{Cite web|title=North Vanlaiphai Population Census 2011 |publisher=Office of the Registrar General, Census Commission of India |url=http://www.census2011.co.in/data/town/801514-north-vanlaiphai-mizoram.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150825180548/http://www.census2011.co.in/data/town/801514-north-vanlaiphai-mizoram.html |archive-date=25 August 2015 |url-status=live}}
Demographics
{{As of|2001}} India census, North Vanlaiphai had a population of 3,275. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. North Vanlaiphai has an average literacy rate of 84%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 84%, and female literacy is also 84%. 14% of the population is under 6 years of age. By the 2011 census the population had increased to 3,602.
Economy
Vanlaiphai has a flatland measuring 10 kilometers long and 0.8 kilometers in width for rice cultivation.{{cite book|last=K. C. Kabra|title=Economic Growth of Mizoram: Role of Business & Industry|year=2008|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=9788180695186|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0PcdaYllHNUC&q=Mamit}} North Vanlaiphai also has a Maicham Small Hydro Project Phase 2 producing 3 MW of power which is about 20 kilometers from Vanlaiphai.{{cite web|title=CM in Maicham Small Hydel Project Phase II a hawng|url=http://buannel.com/2009/11/cm-maicham-small-hydel-project-phase-ii-a-hawng/|publisher=Buannel|access-date=4 September 2012}} Tourism is also being promoted and a Tourist Lodge has been constructed by the Mizoram Government.{{cite web|last=Chhetri|first=Pratap|title=PU S. HIATO'N NORTH VANLAIPHAI LEH EAST LUNGDAR TLAWH|url=http://dipr.mizoram.gov.in/press-release/pu-s-hiaton-north-vanlaiphai-leh-east-lungdar-tlawh-/lang/mz|publisher=DIPR Mizoram|access-date=4 September 2012}}