Vangchhia

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Vangchhia
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Vangchhia
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Vangchhia
Vangchhia (India)
Coordinates: 23°12′13″N93°20′00″E / 23.2035497°N 93.3332252°E / 23.2035497; 93.3332252
Country India
State Mizoram
District Champhai
Block Khawbung
Elevation
1,641 m (5,384 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total837
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
2011 census code271364

Vangchhia is a village in the Champhai district of Mizoram, India. It is located in the Khawbung R.D. Block. [1]

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The 171 menhir stones in the village became Mizoram's first protected archaeological site in 2012. [2]

Demographics

According to the 2011 census of India, Vangchhia has 153 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 96.87%. [3]

Demographics (2011 Census) [3]
TotalMaleFemale
Population837424413
Children aged below 6 years1678285
Scheduled caste 000
Scheduled tribe 815413402
Literates649333316
Workers (all)354205149
Main workers (total)343199144
Main workers: Cultivators319182137
Main workers: Agricultural labourers000
Main workers: Household industry workers000
Main workers: Other24177
Marginal workers (total)1165
Marginal workers: Cultivators1055
Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers000
Marginal workers: Household industry workers000
Marginal workers: Others110
Non-workers483219264

Society

The Vangchhia tribe is native to this village. Vangchhia is the name of one of the eleven sub-tribes of Mizoram. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Mizoram villages" (PDF). Land Records Information Systems Division, NIC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Mizoram's first 'monument' - The menhirs of Vangchhia to be protected by ASI". The Telegraph (Calcutta). 3 June 2012. Archived from the original on 4 June 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  3. 1 2 "District Census Handbook - Champhai" (PDF). 2011 Census of India . Directorate of Census Operations, Mizoram. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  4. ↑ Joshi, H. G. (2005). Mizoram: Past and Present. Mittal Publications. p. 8. ISBN   81-7099-997-9.
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