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Hmawngbuchhuah

Coordinates: 22°08′55″N 92°46′14″E / 22.14861°N 92.77056°E / 22.14861; 92.77056
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Hmawngbuchhuah
village
Hmawngbuchhuah is located in Mizoram
Hmawngbuchhuah
Hmawngbuchhuah
Hmawngbuchhuah is located in India
Hmawngbuchhuah
Hmawngbuchhuah
Coordinates: 22°08′55″N 92°46′14″E / 22.14861°N 92.77056°E / 22.14861; 92.77056
CountryIndia
StateMizoram
DistrictLawngtlai district
Population
 (2011)
 • Total389
Languages
 • OfficialMizo
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationMZ
Websitemizoram.nic.in

Hmawngbuchhuah is a village in Lawngtlai Block in the Lawngtlai district in the state of Mizoram, India.

Location

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147 km from the State capital, Aizawl. It lies on the border between Myanmar and India. It is on the east bank of Sekulh Lui River which makes the border.[1]

Demographics

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[needs update] As of the 2011 Census of India, the population in Hmawngbuchhuah village is 389, with 97 Households. There are 190 males (49%) and 199 females (51%), with 3% Scheduled Tribe and no Scheduled Caste.[1][2]

Connectivity

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It is 4 km South of the District headquarters Lawngtlai. It is located on the India-Myanmar border where National Highway 502 (India), Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project, enters Myanmar.[3][4]

The 100 km route from the Indo-Myanmar border at Zorinpui to Aizawl has been upgraded to two lanes in both directions (a total of four). From Aizawl it connect to Aizawl-Saiha National Highway at Lawngtlai in Mizoram in India by road on National Highway 54 (India) (NH-54), which then continues further to Dabaka in Assam via 850 km long NH-54 which in turn is part of the larger East-West Corridor connecting North East India with the rest of India.[5] Almost complete (June 2017).[6] Tender has been awarded, upgrade to this national highway is under-construction and to be Completed by 2019.[7]

A survey of the rail line from Sairang to Hmawngbuchhuah on the border near Zorinpui was completed in August 2017 and will be constructed in future phases.[8]

Economy

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The mainstay of the economy is agriculture. It is also a border town with integrated check posts being built, which will be operational by April 2019.[3][4][needs update]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Hmawngbuchhuah info
  2. ^ Hmawngbuchhuah village
  3. ^ a b Hmawngbuchhuah Kaladan-project details
  4. ^ a b Hmawngbuchhuah Kaladan-project railway survey
  5. ^ "Multi-modal route map". Archived from the original on 22 August 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  6. ^ India awards road contract to complete Kaladan project in Myanmar, Business Line, 9 June 2017.
  7. ^ Still under construction, The Statesman, 13 May 2018.
  8. ^ India's northeast opened up Archived 27 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine, PowerUpConstruction.Com
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