Zokhawthar is a border town in the Champhai district of Mizoram state of India.[1]
Zokhawthar | |
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village | |
 Zokhawdar on the right and Rihkhawdar on the left | |
  Zokhawthar Location in Mizoram, India  Zokhawthar Zokhawthar (India) | |
| Coordinates: 23°21′55″N 93°23′08″E / 23.3652465°N 93.3855078°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Mizoram |
| District | Champhai |
| Block | Khawzawl |
| Elevation | 735 m (2,411 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 2,632 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| 2011 census code | 271338 |
Demographics
editAccording to the 2011 census of India, Zokhawthar has 501 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 93.58%.[2]
| Total | Male | Female | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 2632 | 1299 | 1333 |
| Children aged below 6 years | 498 | 249 | 249 |
| Scheduled caste | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Scheduled tribe | 2569 | 1260 | 1309 |
| Literates | 1997 | 1006 | 991 |
| Workers (all) | 994 | 642 | 352 |
| Main workers (total) | 848 | 582 | 266 |
| Main workers: Cultivators | 156 | 125 | 31 |
| Main workers: Agricultural labourers | 278 | 205 | 73 |
| Main workers: Household industry workers | 29 | 13 | 16 |
| Main workers: Other | 385 | 239 | 146 |
| Marginal workers (total) | 146 | 60 | 86 |
| Marginal workers: Cultivators | 13 | 8 | 5 |
| Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers | 36 | 22 | 14 |
| Marginal workers: Household industry workers | 19 | 7 | 12 |
| Marginal workers: Others | 78 | 23 | 55 |
| Non-workers | 1638 | 657 | 981 |
Transport and border connectivity
editIndia is part of BIMSTEC, East Asia Summit, Mekong-Ganga Cooperation, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Asian Highway Network and the Trans-Asian Railway network and India has embarked on several Look-East connectivity projects.[3][4]
Mizoram has an unfenced international border with Myanmar (404 km), guarded by Border Security Force (BSF), and Bangladesh (318 km), guarded by Assam Rifles. India and Myanmar have set up 4 Border Haats (markets) in Mizoram at Hnahlan, Zote, Vaphai (Saikhumphai) and Sangau (Pangkhua) to boost the local trade and economy. Indian has set up 5 ICP (Integrated Check Posts) Mizoram at Kawrpuichhuah, Marpara, Tuipuibari, Silsuri and Nunsury.[5]
Border checkpost, customs and immigration
editZokhawthar LCS (Land Custom Station), was opened on the Indo-Myanmar border in August 2018. It is one of the two such check-posts in the state of Mizoram.[6] There is a proposal to upgrade it to ICP (Integrated Check Point) entailing immigration and customs both.[5]
Airport and railway
editLengpui Airport in Aizawl (242 km northwest of Moreh) is the nearest airport in India. Sairang railhead of Bairabi–Sairang line is the nearest railway station.
AH1 and India-Thailand Highway
editIndia plans to upgrade route from Zokhawthar in Mizoram to Tedim in Chin State of Myanmar as an additional connect to the India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway (IMT),[7] which is part of Asian Highway Network and Asian Highway 1 (AH1) passes through Moreh in Manipur.[8] Zokhawthar-Tedim connectivity to IMT will provide an alternate route to the existing route via Moreh.[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Mizoram villages" (PDF). Land Records Information Systems Division, NIC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- ^ a b "District Census Handbook - Champhai" (PDF). 2011 Census of India. Directorate of Census Operations, Mizoram. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- ^ "India's 'Look East' Policy Pays off". www.globalpolicy.org.
- ^ India's Look East Policy (2)
- ^ a b Outlook India India, Myanmar likely to set up four Border Haats, Outlook India, 20 Aug 2019.
- ^ Land immigration centre along Myanmar border opened, Business Standard, 2018.
- ^ a b The Role of BIMSTEC in Revitalising India’s Northeast, ORF, 23 Jun 2021.
- ^ New road, rail links to make Manipur gateway to SE Asia: CM, The Hindu, November 08, 2018.