Hnahthial district

Hnahthial district is one of the eleven districts of Mizoram state in India. Hnathial district was recently created in 3rd June, 2019[1].

This article is about the district. For its eponymous headquarters, see Hnahthial.
Hnahthial district
District of Mizoram
CountryIndia
StateMizoram
HeadquartersHnahthial
Government
 • Lok Sabha constituenciesMizoram
Demographics
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)
Websitehnahthial.nic.in

History

For two decades from 1998 to 2018, the people of Hnahthial demanded for the creation of Hnahthial District through the District Demand Committee later in 2009 renamed as Hnahthial District Function Demand Committee which resorted to various means including Long March from Hnahthial to Aizawl, indefinite fasting, processions, public prayer meetings, Total Bandh, [2], Public Meetings, [3], memorandum and resolutions submitted to the Chief Minister [4],[5], blockade of NH 54 [6] and a series of talks held with the Chief Minister of Mizoram.

The Government of Mizoram had ordered creation of offices of the Deputy Commissioners of Hnahthial District vide a notification dated 3 June 2019, after which the District started becoming operational and since then Hnahthial has become the headquarters of Hnahthial District. The newly formed Hnahthial District held a grand function on 18 October 2019 at the District Headquarter's HBSC Ground No 1 to celebrate creation of the long awaited District.[7]

Toponymy

The district is named after its headquarters Hnahthial.

Divisions

The district has three Legislative Assembly constituencies. These are South Tuipui,Lunglei North and Lunglei East. There are twenty seven inhabited towns and villages in this district with 5,846 Families with 28,468 people residing in them. There are 14,208 Men and 14,260 women respectively. The District Capital has 1,548 families with a population of 7,187 residing in them.[8].

Transport

A helicopter service by Pawan Hans[9] has been started which connects the Aizawl with Hnahthial.[10] The distance between Hnahthial and Aizawl through NH 54 is 172 km and is connected by a bus and jeep/maxi cab service.[11]

Geography

The district is bounded on the north by Serchhip and on the south by Lawngtlai district, on the southeast by Saiha district, on the east by Myanmar. Hnahthial town is the administrative headquarters of the district.


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References
  1. "HNAHTHIAL DISTRICT CELEBRATES FORMATION". DIPR Mizoram. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  2. "Hnahthial leh Khawzawlah total bandh". Vanglaini Daily Newspaper. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  3. "Public Meeting". Vanglaini Daily Newspaper. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  4. "Hnahthial District not likely". oneindia. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  5. "Hnahthial residents for district status". The Telegraph. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  6. "over 100 hurt in police lathicharge". Times of India. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  7. "HNAHTHIAL DISTRICT CELEBRATES FORMATION". DIPRl. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
  8. "District thar 3-ah mi 1,15,424 an awm Saitual district-ah mihring an tam ber". Vanglaini. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  9. "MIZORAMA HELICOPTER SERVICE TUR CHIEF MINISTER IN HAWNG". Mizoram DIPR. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  10. "Nilaini atangin 'Helicopter Service". The Zozam Times. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
  11. "Aizawl to Siaha". Mizoram NIC. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
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