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About Vaitin Village

Vaitin is a mid sized village in Darlawn tehsil, in the district of Aizawl, Mizoram. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,069, made up of 556 males and 513 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males.

Vaitin Overview

Census 2011 figures for Vaitin village
Description Value
State Mizoram
District Aizawl
Tehsil Darlawn
Population 1,069
Male Population 556
Female Population 513
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 923
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Vaitin compares

By the 2011 count Vaitin is the 8th largest of the 27 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 825 residents. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 927.

Getting to Vaitin

Vaitin is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Vaitin as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Vaitin from other places

Vaitin lies about 61 km from Aizawl, and the nearest railway station is Hortoki, about 39 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Vaitin
Tehsil headquarters Darlawn 24 km
Nearest town Kolasib 30 km
Nearest railway station Hortoki 39 km
District headquarters Aizawl 61 km

Villages closest to Vaitin

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Darlawn tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Vaitin

As per the Census of India 2011, Vaitin village had a population of 1,069. That makes it the 8th largest of the 27 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 825 residents.

Vaitin village has 556 males and 513 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Vaitin has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 927.

Vaitin falls under Darlawn tehsil of Aizawl district in Mizoram.

The nearest railway station to Vaitin is Hortoki, about 39 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Vaitin.

Vaitin is about 61 km from Aizawl in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Vaitin is in Darlawn tehsil of Aizawl district. Darlawn is about 24 km away. Kolasib is about 30 km away. Hortoki is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lower Sakawrdai (2.3 km), Upper Sakawrdai (2.3 km) and Thingsat (4.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Vaitin today is likely to be higher.

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