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Country
  
India

District
  
Serchhip

Vehicle registration
  
MZ

Elevation
  
783 m

Local time
  
Thursday 6:53 AM

State
  
Mizoram

Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5:30)

Website
  
mizoram.nic.in

Population
  
8,671 (2015)

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Weather
  
19°C, Wind S at 11 km/h, 88% Humidity

Thenzawl town mizoram north east india


Thenzawl is a census town in Serchhip district in the Indian state of Mizoram. It is one of the most beautiful town in Mizoram. It is an important center for the traditional Mizo handloom industry. Thenzawl is located at 90 km(56 miles) away from Aizawl, the capital of Mizoram.

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Map of Thenzawl, Mizoram

Vantawng khawhthla thenzawl mizoram waterfalls


History

Thenzawl was initially a dense forest with lots of wild animals before it was cultivated in 1961 and inhabited. Bengkhuaia Sailo established a village in 1963 in Thenzawl. Kamlova's son, Lalngurchhina was the last chief of Thenzawl. Due to the March 1966 Mizo National Front uprising, Thenzawl was one of the village where people were grouped together in 1968.

Geography

Thenzawl is located at 23.32°N 92.75°E / 23.32; 92.75. It has an average elevation of 783 metres (2568 feet).

Tourist Attraction

  • Vantawng Falls is located 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south of Thenzawl.
  • Bengkhuaia Thlan - The founder of Thenzawl Bengkhuaia invaded Alexandrapur in 1871 kidnapping Mary Winchester which brought about the British to Mizoram. He died ub 1879.
  • Vaibiak is the place from where they took back Mary Winchester.
  • Tualvungi Thlan There are two graves at Phulpui village in the Aizawl district of Mizoram India. It is said that, Zawlpala, Chief of Phulpui village, married the legendary beauty, Talvungi of Thenzawl. Tualvungi was subsequently married to the chief of Rothai, Phuntiha. But, Talvungi could not forget Zawlpala, her previous husband. After many years when Zawlpala died, grief stricken Tualvungi came to Phulpui, dug a pit by the side of Zawlpala's grave and asked an old woman to kill her and bury her in the grave.
  • Chawngchilhi Puk or cave had a love story between a lady and a snake.
  • Tuirihiau is a beautiful waterfall near Thenzawl, upstream of Vantawng fall.
  • Thenzawl Deer Park has 17 deers(11 female and 6 male) in natural environment.

    • Media

    The Major Media in Thenzawl are:

    Newspapers

  • Vantawng
  • Thenzawl Today
  • Zawlbuk Aw

    • Cable TV

  • Thenzawl Cable Network
  • TS-Vision

    • Demographics

    As of 2011 Indian census, Thenzawl had a population of 7529. Males constitute 49.8% of the population and females 50.2%. Female Sex Ratio is of 1007 against state average of 976. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Thenzawl is around 915 compared to Mizoram state average of 970. Thenzawl has an average literacy rate of 98.1%, higher than the state average of 91.33%: male literacy is 98.07%, and female literacy is 98.23%. In Thenzawl, 13.58% of the population is under 6 years of age.

    References

    Thenzawl Wikipedia
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