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About Vawngawnzo Village

Vawngawnzo is a small village in Zawlnuam tehsil, in the district of Mamit, Mizoram. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 304, made up of 156 males and 148 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 949 females per 1000 males.

Vawngawnzo Overview

Census 2011 figures for Vawngawnzo village
Description Value
State Mizoram
District Mamit
Tehsil Zawlnuam
Population 304
Male Population 156
Female Population 148
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 949
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 Vawngawnzo compares

By the 2011 count Vawngawnzo is the 34th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 827 residents. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Vawngawnzo

Vawngawnzo is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Vawngawnzo 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 Vawngawnzo from other places

Vawngawnzo lies about 15 km from Mamit, and the nearest railway station is Hortoki, about 12 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 Vawngawnzo
Nearest railway station Hortoki 12 km
District headquarters Mamit 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Zawlnuam 20 km
Nearest town Kolasib 25 km

Villages closest to Vawngawnzo

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Zawlnuam 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 Vawngawnzo

As per the Census of India 2011, Vawngawnzo village had a population of 304. That makes it the 34th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 827 residents.

Vawngawnzo village has 156 males and 148 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Vawngawnzo has about 949 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 919.

Vawngawnzo falls under Zawlnuam tehsil of Mamit district in Mizoram.

The nearest railway station to Vawngawnzo is Hortoki, about 12 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 Vawngawnzo.

Vawngawnzo is about 15 km from Mamit in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Vawngawnzo is in Zawlnuam tehsil of Mamit district. Hortoki is about 12 km away. Mamit is about 15 km away. Zawlnuam is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Zamuang (13 km), Rengdil (13 km) and Hriphaw (18 km).

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

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