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Mizoram districts

Mizoram

Aizawl

4,00,309
people at the 2011 Census · 1.99 L male, 2.01 L female

Population

Population
4.00 LIndia 121.09 Cr
Urban %
78.63%India 31.14%

Literacy

Literacy
97.89%India 72.98%
Male Lit.
98.11%India 80.88%
Female Lit.
97.67%India 64.63%
Lit. Gap
0.44 ppIndia 16.25 pp

Society

Sex Ratio
1009 / 1000India 943 / 1000
Child Sex Ratio
979 / 1000India 918 / 1000
Under 7
13.08%India 13.59%
SC %
0.16%India 16.63%
ST %
93.31%India 8.63%
Household
4.85India 4.85

Work

Workers
43.63%India 39.80%
Female Work
34.82%India 25.52%
Main Workers
86.70%India 75.24%
Non-Workers
56.37%India 60.20%

Population density, land area and decadal growth are not published in the Primary Census Abstract and so are unavailable at district level. See Methodology.

Aizawl in context

With 4,00,309 people at the 2011 Census, Aizawl was the 558th most populous of India's 640 districts and the most populous of Mizoram's 8. That is 36.5% of everyone living in Mizoram at the time.

Literacy stood at 97.89%, 24.9 points above the national 72.98% — 6.6 points above the Mizoram average. That ranked it 2nd of 640 districts nationally. The gap between male and female literacy was 0.4 points, 15.8 points below the national gap of 16.3.

The sex ratio was 1009 women per 1,000 men (33 above the Mizoram figure of 976) — one of the minority of districts where women outnumbered men. Among children aged 0–6 the ratio was 979, 61 above the national 918.

Aizawl contained 4 towns. The largest was Aizawl (NT), with 2,93,416 people. That put 78.6% of the district in urban areas, 26.5 points above the Mizoram share of 52.1%.

Towns in Aizawl

Aizawl has 4 census towns. The largest are listed below.

Largest towns in Aizawl by 2011 Census population.
TownPopulationLiteracySex ratio
Aizawl (NT)2.93 L98.36%1025 / 1000
Saitual (NT)11,61997.35%1029 / 1000
Sairang (NT)5,95097.95%989 / 1000
Darlawn (NT)3,76994.53%1029 / 1000