Hmawngbuchhuah
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Hmawngbuchhuah | |
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village | |
Coordinates: 22°08′55″N 92°46′14″E / 22.14861°N 92.77056°E | |
Country | India |
State | Mizoram |
District | Lawngtlai district |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 389 |
Languages | |
• Official | Mizo |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Vehicle registration | MZ |
Website | mizoram |
Hmawngbuchhuah is a village in Lawngtlai Block in theLawngtlai district in the state of Mizoram, India.
Location
[edit]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
[edit][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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Hmawngbuchhuah info
- ^ Hmawngbuchhuah village
- ^ a b Hmawngbuchhuah Kaladan-project details
- ^ a b Hmawngbuchhuah Kaladan-project railway survey
- ^ "Multi-modal route map". Archived from the original on 22 August 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
- ^ India awards road contract to complete Kaladan project in Myanmar, Business Line, 9 June 2017.
- ^ Still under construction, The Statesman, 13 May 2018.
- ^ India's northeast opened up Archived 27 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine, PowerUpConstruction.Com