Vangchhia is a village in the Champhai district of Mizoram, India. It is located in the Khawbung R.D. Block.[1]
Vangchhia | |
|---|---|
village | |
  Vangchhia Location in Mizoram, India  Vangchhia Vangchhia (India) | |
| Coordinates: 23°12′13″N 93°20′00″E / 23.2035497°N 93.3332252°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Mizoram |
| District | Champhai |
| Block | Khawbung |
| Elevation | 1,641 m (5,384 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 837 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| 2011 census code | 271364 |
The 171 menhir stones in the village became Mizoram's first protected archaeological site in 2012.[2]
Demographics
editAccording 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]
| Total | Male | Female | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 837 | 424 | 413 |
| Children aged below 6 years | 167 | 82 | 85 |
| Scheduled caste | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scheduled tribe | 815 | 413 | 402 |
| Literates | 649 | 333 | 316 |
| Workers (all) | 354 | 205 | 149 |
| Main workers (total) | 343 | 199 | 144 |
| Main workers: Cultivators | 319 | 182 | 137 |
| Main workers: Agricultural labourers | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Main workers: Household industry workers | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Main workers: Other | 24 | 17 | 7 |
| Marginal workers (total) | 11 | 6 | 5 |
| Marginal workers: Cultivators | 10 | 5 | 5 |
| Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marginal workers: Household industry workers | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marginal workers: Others | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Non-workers | 483 | 219 | 264 |
Society
editThe Vangchhia tribe is native to this village. Vangchhia is the name of one of the eleven sub-tribes of Mizoram.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Mizoram villages" (PDF). Land Records Information Systems Division, NIC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "District Census Handbook - Champhai" (PDF). 2011 Census of India. Directorate of Census Operations, Mizoram. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- ^ Joshi, H. G. (2005). Mizoram: Past and Present. Mittal Publications. p. 8. ISBN 81-7099-997-9.