Mamit district touches both Bangladesh and Tripura and records the lowest sex ratio in Mizoram

Background

Mamit district was etched out from the erstwhile Aizawl District under Mizoram Government Notification No. A.600Ill2ll95-GAD dated 11.3.98 and started functioning on 24th April, 1998, with its headquarters at Mamit. Covering 3025.75 km sq, it is the fourth largest district in Mizoram. Its total population is 86,364, of whom 14,899 or 17.25 per cent live in urban areas and 95.0 per cent are Scheduled Tribes. Its sex ratio of 927 is the lowest among the eight districts and its literacy rate of 84.9 per cent is the second lowest in the state. It is bounded by Hailakandi district of Assam in the north, North Tripura district and Bangladesh in the west, Lunglei district in the south and Kolasib and Aizawl districts in the east. The major rivers are Tlawng, Tut, Teirei, Langkaih and Khawthlangtuipui.