Serchhip district

The district is bounded on the north and northwest by Aizawl District, on the west and south by Lunglei District, on the southeast by Myanmar (Burma), and on the east by Champhai District.{{Cite web|title=Serchhip District: District Profile |work=District Election Plan |year=2008 |publisher=Office of Deputy Commissioner, Serchhip District |url=http://serchhip.nic.in/ePlan/District%20Profiles.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150825203251/http://serchhip.nic.in/ePlan/District%20Profiles.pdf |archive-date=25 August 2015 |url-status=live}}

The district is mostly a hilly terrain with some alluvial benches along its rivers that are utilised for agriculture.{{Cite web|title=District Agriculture Plan (C-DAP), District serchhip, Mizoram |publisher=Department of Agriculture, Government of Mizoram |page=8 |url=http://rkvy.nic.in/dap/MZ/Serchhip.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150825212223/http://rkvy.nic.in/dap/MZ/Serchhip.pdf |archive-date=25 August 2015 |url-status=live}} Serchhip District lies between the Mat River and the Tuikum River. The Tuikum

is utilised for public drinking water for the town of Serchhip and the Mat provides irrigation water to Zawlpui, considered the "rice bowl" of Serchhip. Vantawng Falls, the highest waterfall in Mizoram, is located in the district about {{convert|5|km}} south of the town of Thenzawl on the Lau River.{{Cite web | title = Vantawng Falls |date=7 June 2005 | work = India9.com Guide to India | publisher =Online Highways | url =http://www.india9.com/i9show/Vantawng-Falls-14604.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829031219/http://www.india9.com/i9show/Vantawng-Falls-14604.htm | archive-date = 29 August 2012 |url-status=live }}

With an average elevation of {{Convert|888|m|ft|0}},{{Cite web|title=Serchhip District At A Glance |publisher=Office of Deputy Commissioner, Serchhip District |url=http://serchhip.nic.in/glance.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809123526/http://serchhip.nic.in/glance.html |archive-date=9 August 2014 |url-status=live}} the average annual daily temperature ranges from 15 °C to 27 °C and the rainfall is moderate.

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The district is administered by a deputy commissioner whose office is in the town of Serchhip. There are three sub-divisions (townships or tehsils), Serchhip Sadar, North Vanlaiphai and Thenzawl, with forty-one villages.Other sources state the total number of villages as forty-two. {{Cite web|title=Serchhip District At A Glance |publisher=Office of Deputy Commissioner, Serchhip District |url=http://serchhip.nic.in/glance.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809123526/http://serchhip.nic.in/glance.html |archive-date=9 August 2014 |url-status=live}}

There are three legislative assembly constituencies in this district: Tuikum, Hrangturzo and Serchhip. Three

villages in Aizawl District are included in Tuikum Constituency, namely Darlawng, Phulmawi and Tlungvel. Hrangturzo Constituency includes the town of Biate which is located in Champhai District.

{{historical populations|25=1971|26=34,381|27=1981|28=37,803|29=1991|30=46,222|31=2001|32=54,460|33=2011|34=64,937|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:[https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/43348/download/47032/15%20A-2%20Mizoram.pdf Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]|align=center}}

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According to the 2011 census Serchhip district has a population of 64,937, roughly equal to that of the Marshall Islands.{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070613004507/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 13 June 2007 | access-date = 1 October 2011 | quote = Marshall Islands 67,182 July 2011 est.}} This gives it a ranking of 626th in India (out of a total of 640). Approximately a third of the population live in and around the town of Serchhip. The district has a population density of {{convert|46|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}. Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 20.56%. Serchhip has a sex ratio of 977 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 97.91%. 49.31% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Tribes make up 96.85% of the population.{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=District Census Handbook: Serchhip |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/888/download/36420/DH_2011_1505_PART_A_DCHB_SERCHHIP.pdf |website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India}} Most of the population is engaged in agricultural pursuits.

Mizo is the predominant language, spoken by 97.75% of the population as their first language.{{cite web |date=2011 |title=Table C-16 Population By Mother Tongue: Mizoram |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10215/download/13327/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-1500.XLSX |website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India}}

In 1991 the area became home to the Khawnglung Wildlife Sanctuary, which has an area of 35 km².{{cite web|author=Indian Ministry of Forests and Environment |title=Protected areas: Mizoram. |url=http://oldwww.wii.gov.in/envis/envis_pa_network/index.htm |access-date=25 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823163836/http://oldwww.wii.gov.in/envis/envis_pa_network/index.htm |archive-date=23 August 2011 }}{{Cite web|title=Protected Area Network in India |page=27 |publisher=Wildlife Division, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India |url=http://www.moef.nic.in/downloads/public-information/protected-area-network.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115125634/http://moef.nic.in/downloads/public-information/protected-area-network.pdf |archive-date=15 January 2013 |url-status=live}}

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• [https://serchhip.nic.in/ Serchhip district website]
• {{Cite web|title=Base Map of Serchhip District, Mizoram |work=Agriculture - Remote Sensing and GIS |publisher=Department of Agriculture, Government of Mizoram |url=http://agriculturemizoram.nic.in/Photos/GIS/Location%20Map/Serchhip/base%20map.jpg |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150825205814/http://agriculturemizoram.nic.in/Photos/GIS/Location%20Map/Serchhip/base%20map.jpg |archive-date=25 August 2015 |url-status=live}}
• {{Cite web|title=Drainage Map of Serchhip District, Showing Coding up to Mico Watershed, Mizoram |work=Agriculture - Remote Sensing and GIS |publisher=Department of Agriculture, Government of Mizoram |url=http://agriculturemizoram.nic.in/Photos/GIS/wSHED.WMF/serchhip.jpg |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150825210604/http://agriculturemizoram.nic.in/Photos/GIS/wSHED.WMF/serchhip.jpg |archive-date=25 August 2015 |url-status=live}}

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