Sairang is a

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Aizawl district Aizawl district is one of the eleven districts of Mizoram state in India. The district is bounded on the north by Kolasib district, on the west by Mamit district, on the south by Serchhip district, on the southwest by Lunglei district and on ...

in the

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Mizoram Mizoram () is a state in Northeast India, with Aizawl as its seat of government and capital city. The name of the state is derived from "Mizo", the self-described name of the native inhabitants, and "Ram", which in the Mizo language means "lan ...

History

After the British invasion of 1871-1872,

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traders set up the first market place in Mizoram in Changsil on the

tlawng The Tlawng is a river of Mizoram, northeastern India. Its tributaries include the Tut, Teirei and the Ngashih. The city of Aizawl lies in the Tlawng valley. In 2012, a dam ( Tlawng Dam) was proposed for the river. History In 1890, when the B ...

river, when the British established control in the 1890s, the market moved up to Sairang. According to Administration report of 1922, there were 13 shops in Sairang. Up to the 1940s the road from Aizawl to Sairang was only a cart road. Improvement of the road started only in 1896. Sairang is the nearest town with river from

Aizawl Aizawl (; Mizo: ) is the capital of the state of Mizoram in India. Aizawl was officially established on 25 February 1890. With a population of 293,416, it is the largest city in the state. It is also the centre of administration containing all ...

which is about 14 kilometers. The journey of about 140 Kilometers from Sairang to Silchar via

Tlawng The Tlawng is a river of Mizoram, northeastern India. Its tributaries include the Tut, Teirei and the Ngashih. The city of Aizawl lies in the Tlawng valley. In 2012, a dam ( Tlawng Dam) was proposed for the river. History In 1890, when the B ...

river used to take about 15–30 days during the 1890s depending upon the season and water level on a flat water boat.

Geography

Sairang is located at . It has an average elevation of 210

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s (688 feet).

Connectivity

Sairang lies on the route of

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. It is connected with roads from major towns in

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

, through

NH 54 National Highway 306 (NH 306) is a National Highway in the Northeastern Indian states of Assam and Mizoram. NH 306 begins in Silchar, Assam at the intersection of NH 37 and generally runs southward passing through Lumding, Silchar and Kolas ...

. The nearest railway station is at Bairabi, which is connected to the railway network with a broad gauge track. A new broad gauge line from Bairabi to Sairang is under construction. Due to several delays in construction work, and due to

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-related lockdowns and lack of labour, the revised deadline of the rail line to Sairang, and the final extension till Mizoram's capital

, is likely to be completed by March 2023.Indian Railways to complete Bairabi–Sairang railway line project by 2023
railway-technology.com, 15 Feb 2021. Survey for the Rail line from Sairang to Hmawngbuchhuah on border near Zorinpui was completed in August 2017 and it will be constructed in future phase.India's north east opened up
PowerUpConstruction.Com route from Indo-Myanmar border at Zorinpui to Aizawl is upgraded to two-lane in both directions (total 4 lanes). From Aizal it connect to Aizawal-Saiha National Highway at

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in India by road on National Highway 54 (India) (NH-54), which then continues further to Dabaka in

via 850 km long NH-54 which in turn is part of the larger East-West Corridor connecting

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with the rest of

. Almost complete (June 2017).India awards road contract to complete Kaladan project in Myanmar
Business Line, 9 June 2017. Tender has been awarded, upgrade to this national highway is under-construction and to be Completed by 2019.
The Statesman, 13 May 2018.

Demographics

As of the

2011 Census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Informatio ...

, Sairang had a population of . Males constitute 50.3% of the population and females 49.7%. Sairang has an average literacy rate of 97.9%. In Sairang, 16.5% of the population was under 6 years of age.

References

{{Mizoram Aizawl Cities and towns in Aizawl district