Vangchhia
Vangchhia is a village in the Champhai district of Mizoram, India. It is located in the Khawbung R.D. Block.
The 171 menhir stones in the village became Mizoram's first protected archaeological site in 2012.
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%.
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
The Vangchhia tribe is native to this village. Vangchhia is the name of one of the eleven sub-tribes of Mizoram.
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.