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Country
  
India

District
  
Champhai

Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5:30)

Elevation
  
1,398 m

State
  
Mizoram

Block
  
Khawzawl

2011 census code
  
271322

Population
  
1,638 (2011)

Chawngtlai

Chawngtlai is a village in the Champhai district of Mizoram, India. It is located in the Khawzawl R.D. Block.

Contents

Map of Chawngtlai, Mizoram 796310

Historical sites

  • House of Chawngtlai Chief Nikuala, who guarded the western part of Mizoram from the eastern enemies
  • Sahlam, a tree where Mizo warriors hung enemy heads
  • Zawlbuk ban, post bachelor quarters
  • Tawlhlohpuan, the earliest Mizor warriors' clothes originated from this village
  • Pasaltha Hranghleia feikibar, Spear head of the warrior Hranghlei
  • Manganga lungtat, Whetting stone of Manganga, the chief blacksmith
  • Manganga lung, Pictorial stone of Manganga, the chief blacksmith
  • Chawngtlai, The flowering tree called Chawngtlai
  • Hmar Lungtat - Whetting stone of Hmar tribe dating back to 1700 AD
  • Pasaltha Hranghleia thlan - Tomb stone of brave warriors Hranghleia, who guarded the western from the eastern enemies
  • Lasi lalnu Tantihchhingi Khawpuitan - the hills of the forest fairy queen Tantinchhingi
  • Lal Nikuala inthawina - Chief Nikuala’s worship place
  • Tantinchhingi Khawpuitan puk - A fairy queen Tantinchhingi cave at Khawpuitan
  • Thingtlang Thlanmual hmasaber - First village graveyard in Mizoram
  • Hranglung - Monument by warriors in the 18th century
  • Lal lungdawh - Monuments by the Chief and his family
  • Lalruanga lungkahkeh - the ancient famous mizo warlock stone crushed with his arrow
  • Lal Nikuala man tuma lo thawk British sipai inkulhna - The resting place of Chief Nikuala where the British Army captured him
  • Mithah kawn, The last slaughter place, where the enemy warriors from Pawih tribe slaughtered the Lushei.
  • Mizoram lungphun sang ber, Tallest monolith in Mizoram 24.6 feet
  • Lungsen (red rock)
  • Biaklawma lung, Memorial stone of biaklawma, a bachelor who guided the children in doing good and introduced the idea of the Mizoram Presbyterian’s version of babies’s Christening
  • Puk ropui - The big/great cave
  • Lasi rorelna puk - A cave where the forest fairies used to have council meetings, according to the legends
  • Theire puk - the cave where the village priest used to give offerings to the ancient Mizo gods
  • Hringei puk - The cannibal cave
  • Sai Bualpui Dil - A bathing pond of the elephants

    • Demographics

    According to the 2011 census of India, Chawngtlai has 325 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 93.44%.

    References

    Chawngtlai Wikipedia
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