About Lunglei District

Lunglei is a district in Mizoram, India. As per the data provided by Census of India in 2011, total population of Lunglei was 161,428 with a growth rate of 17.64%. Lunglei covers 4,536 Km² area. Sex ratio of Lunglei's population is 947 females for every 1000 males, while child sex ratio is 963 females out of 1000 males.

For better understaing, details are categorized in four sections i.e. Population of Lunglei, Urban/Rural population of Lunglei, Literacy data of Lunglei and Religion wise data of Lunglei. Below are the full details and list of tehsils in Lunglei,Mizoram, India. Select any of these to know detailed information about them.

Area, population and sex ratio of Lunglei

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	DESCRIPTION	VALUE
Total Population	161,428	Growth (%)	17.64
Male Population	82,891	Sex Ratio	947
Female Population	78,537	Child Sex Ratio	963
Area ( In Km. Square )	4,536

Lunglei has a total population of 161,428 people. Out of this, the male population stands at 82,891 while the female population 78,537. The state area is 4,536 square kilometers.

In terms of demographic statistics, Lunglei has sex ratio of 947 females per 1000 males and The child sex ratio is 963. Lunglei makes up % of India's total population.

Urban/Rural Population of Lunglei

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	DESCRIPTION	VALUE
Urban Population	68,752	Rural Population	92,676
Urban Population (%)	42.59	Rural Population (%)	57.41
Urban male Population	35,314	Rural Male Population	47,577
Urban Female Population	33,438	Rural Female Population	45,099
Urban Sex Ratio	947	Rural Sex Ratio	948

Lunglei urban population is 68,752 (42.59% of the total), while the rural population is 92,676 (57.41% of the total). The urban population growth rate is significantly higher at % compared to the rural growth rate of %.

Among the urban population 35,314 are males, and 33,438 are females, resulting in an urban sex ratio of 947 females per 1000 males. In the rural population 47,577 are males and 45,099 are females, resulting in an rural sex ratio of 948 females per 1000 males.

Literacy data of Lunglei

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	DESCRIPTION	VALUE
Total Literate	121,122	Literacy (%)	88.86
Male Literate	64,515	Male Literacy (%)	92.04
Female Literate	56,607	Female Literacy (%)	85.49
Urban Literate	59,008	Rural Literate	62,114
Urban Male Literates	30,448	Urban Male Literacy (%)	98.19
Rural Male Literates	34,067	Rural Male Literacy (%)	87.17
Urban Female Literates	28,560	Urban Female Literacy (%)	97.37
Rural Female Literates	28,047	Rural Female Literacy (%)	76.03

The literacy data of Lunglei highlights a total literacy rate stands at 88.86% with 121,122 literate individuals. Male literacy is 92.04% while female literacy is lower at 85.49% among them, 64,515 males and 56,607 females are literate, highlighting a gender gap.

Urban areas show higher literacy rate with 59,008 people being literate, with men at 98.19% and female at 97.37%, compared to rural areas whereas 62,114 people are literate, with male at 87.17% and female at 76.03%. Highlights a gap between urban and rural literacy rates.

Religion Wise Data of Lunglei

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	DESCRIPTION	VALUE
Hindu	5,231	Hindu (%)	3.24
Muslim	1,290	Muslim (%)	0.80
Sikh	74	Sikh (%)	0.05
Christian	127,124	Christian (%)	78.75
Jain	93	Jain (%)	0.06
Buddhist	27,543	Buddhist (%)	17.06
Other	5	Other (%)	0
Not Avaiable	68	Not Avaiable (%)	0.04

Lunglei population is mostly hindu (3.24%) with a total 5,231 people. Muslim(0.80%) with a total 1,290 people. Sikh are (0.05%) with a total 74 people. Smaller communities include Christian (78.75% with 127,124 people). Jain (0.06% with 93 people) Buddhist (17.06% with 27,543 people) and Other (0.00% with 5 people). Around (0.04% with 68 people) did not specify their religion.