About Lawngtlai District
PROFILE
The Districts shares its boundaries with Lunglei and Saiha District
in the north and south respectively. Lawngtlai District covers an
area of 2258 sq.kms with the population of 73,685 ( 2001 Census).
The inhabitants of the District are mainly the ethnic groups of
tribals like Lai and Chakma, who are among the minor tribal
communities of Mizoram. The main occupation is cultivation and the
rural population largely depends on agriculture for their
subsistence. The physical feature is mainly hilly except with long
narrow strip of low lying area along the western side of Chamdur
Valley .
Lawngtlai District has various types of uniqueness and peculiarity.
There are two Autonomous District Councils within the District. The
two-in-one District comprises the Lai Autonomous District Council (LADC)
and the Chakma Autonomous District Council(CADC) with their
headquarters at Lawngtlai and Kamalanagar respectively. Having
separate Autonomous Legislature, Excecutive and Judiciary, the Lais
and the Chakmas administered their respective Autonomous regions in
accordance with the provisions of the Sixth Schedule to the
Constitution of India.
Geographical and Demographical.
Lawngtlai District is one of the administrative Districts in Mizoram.
The District was created on the 11th November, 1998 (Vide:
Government of Mizoram notification No. A. 60011/21/95-GAD. Dated
Aizawl, the 11th November, 1998) . It is located in the southern most
part of Mizoram having international boundaries with Bangladesh in
the west and Myanmar in the east. The district is bounded by Lunglei
and Saiha District in the north and in the south respectively.
Lawngtlai District covered an area of 2258 Sq.km with population of
69803. The physical feature is mainly hilly except some small strip
of low lying area a long the western side of Chamdur Valley . The
hills are of a mountainous system with a soft earth surface.
Landslide disaster is a common seen especially during rainy season
throughout the area. The western side of the district is covered by
thick virgin forest. The main rivers are Chhimtuipui river, Ngengpui
River , Chawngte River and Tuiphal River . The average annual
rainfall is about 285 cm.
In comparing with other districts in Mizoram, Lawngtlai district has
various types of uniqueness and peculiarity. There are two
Autonomous District Councils within the district. The two-in-one
district comprises the Lai Autonomous District Council (LADC) and
the Chakma District Council (CADC) with their Headquarters at
Lawngtlai and Kamalanagar respectively. Having separate autonomous
Legislature, the Lais and the Chakmas are administered their
respective autonomous regions. Whereas civil administration
including al kinds of criminal cases come under Jurisdiction of the
Deputy Commissioner (DC) all cases tribal under customary laws are
vested within the Jurisdiction of the Autonomous District Councils.
ADMINISTRATIVE
Lawngtlai is the Headquarters of the District. It comprises three
administrative Sub-Divisions and four Rural Development Blocks.
The Civil Sub-Divisions
are :
(a) Lawngtlai Civil Sub-Division
(b) Chawngte Civil Sub-Division
(c) Sangau Civil Sub-Division
The four Rural Development Blocks are:
(a) Lawngtlai
(b) Bungtlang S RD Block
(c) Sangau RD Block
(d) Chawngte RD Block
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