Khawzawl district is one of the eleven districts of Mizoram state in India. Khawzawl district was recently created on 3 June 2019.[1]

Khawzawl district
District of Mizoram
Khawzawl district Location in Mizoram
Country	India
State	Mizoram
Headquarters	Khawzawl
Government
• Lok Sabha constituencies	Mizoram
Demographics
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Website	khawzawl.nic.in

Toponymy

The district is named after its headquarters Khawzawl.

Divisions

The district has four Legislative Assembly constituencies. These are Champhai North, Hrangturzo, Lengteng and Tuichang. There are twenty eight inhabited towns and villages in this district.[2] Khawzawl town itself has around 3,000 family residing in it. It is estimated that there are around 14,000 people residing in Khawzawl town.[3] Khawzawl district has around 7,372 families with 36,381 people residing in it.

Towns and villages

The main towns and villages in Khawzawl district are:

• Aiduzawl
• Arro
• Chalrang
• Chawngtlai
• Chhawrtui
• Demdum
• Dilkawn
• Dulte
• Hmuncheng
• Kawlkulh
• Kelkang
• Khawpuitan
• Khuailui
• Khualen
• Lungtan
• Melbuk-Khawnuam
• Melhnih (Chalrang)
• Mualkawi
• Mualzen
• Neihdawn
• New Chalrang
• Ngaizawl
• Pamchung
• Phunchawngzawl
• Puilo
• Rabung
• Tlangmawi
• Tualpui
• Tualte
• Tuipui
• Vangtlang
• Vankal
• Zaupui
• Zokhawthar

Climate

Khawzawl district has a moderate climate. In winter the temperature varies from 0 °C to 20 °C and in summer, the temperature varies between 15 °C and 30 °C.

Transport

The Distance between Khawzawl and Aizawl is 152 km . Khawzawl is connected with regular service of Bus, sumo (Passenger vehicle) and helicopter.[4]

Geography

The district is bounded on the north and west by Saitual district and on the south by Serchhip district, on the east by Champhai district . Khawzawl district is the only district Mizoram that has no international boundaries and inter-state boundaries Khawzawl town is the administrative headquarters of the district.

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