Hnahlan | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | India Mizoram#India |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Mizoram, India |
Coordinates: | 23.6938°N 93.3817°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Mizoram |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Champhai |
Subdivision Type3: | Block |
Subdivision Name3: | Champhai |
Seat Type: | Panchayat |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Elevation M: | 1522 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 3157 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Blank Name Sec1: | 2011 census code |
Blank Info Sec1: | 271344 |
Hnahlan is a border town in the Champhai Rural Development Block of Champhai district of Mizoram state in India.[1]
According to the 2011 census of India, Hnahlan has 569 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 92.95%.
Population | 3157 | 1602 | 1555 | |
Children aged below 6 years | 575 | 296 | 279 | |
2 | 1 | 1 | ||
3059 | 1525 | 1534 | ||
Literates | 2400 | 1256 | 1144 | |
Workers (all) | 1735 | 877 | 858 | |
Main workers (total) | 1725 | 872 | 853 | |
Main workers: Cultivators | 1563 | 744 | 819 | |
Main workers: Agricultural labourers | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Main workers: Household industry workers | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
Main workers: Other | 158 | 126 | 32 | |
Marginal workers (total) | 10 | 5 | 5 | |
Marginal workers: Cultivators | 6 | 3 | 3 | |
Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Marginal workers: Household industry workers | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Marginal workers: Others | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
Non-workers | 1422 | 725 | 697 |
Hnahlan is one of the 4 Border Haats (markets) in Mizoram, others being at Sangau, Vaphai (Saikhumphai) and Zote, all of which boost the local trade and economy.[3]
Zokhawthar (75 km south) provides connectivity to India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway (IMT),[4] and Asian Highway Network and Asian Highway 1 (AH1).[5]