Administration

Subdivisional headquarters were at Lawngtlai and Chawngte. Chhimtuipui District was divided into four rural development blocks, namely Lawngtlai, Sangau, Tuipang and Chawngte.
Rashtriya Sam Vikas Yojana Project, Lawngtlai District In November 1998

Lawngtlai District Lawngtlai district is one of the eleven districts of Mizoram state in India. History Prior to the arrival of the British in the late 19th century, the area which became Lawngtlai District was ruled by local chieftains, whose zones of control w ...

was created out of Chhimtuipui District, consisting of the Lawngtlai RD Block and the Chawngte RD Block. The remaining area of Sangau RD Block and Tuipang RD Block was still called Chhimtuipui District, but the reduced district's name was soon changed to

Siaha district Siaha district is one of the eleven districts of Mizoram state in India. The district is bounded on the northwest by Lunglei district, on the north and west by Lawngtlai District and on the south and east by Myanmar. The district occupies an ar ...

Demographics

In addition to Mizo,

Kuki-Chin languages The Kuki-Chin languages (also called Kukish or South-Central Tibeto-Burman languages) are a branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family spoken in northeastern India, western Myanmar and southeastern Bangladesh. Most notable Kuki-Chin-speaking ...

spoken in southern Mizoram (Chhimtuipui District and neighboring

Lunglei District Lunglei district is one of the eleven districts of Mizoram state in India. it is the second most populous district in the state, after Aizawl. History In August 1897, the missionary David Evan Jones visited the Lushai Hills. He came to Lun ...

) include: *

Hakha Chin language Hakha Chin, or Laiholh, is a Kuki-Chin language spoken by 446,264 people, mostly in Myanmar. In Mizoram, the language is recognized as Pawi. The total figure includes 2,000 Zokhua and 60,100 Hakha speakers. The speakers are largely concentrat ...

* Mara languages *

Ralte language Ralte is a Kuki-Chin language of India. Fewer than a thousand Ralte people speak the language. Geographical distribution Ralte is spoken in the following locations (''Ethnologue''). *Mizoram (mainly Aizawl district, and also scattered in Lun ...

Bawm language Bawm or Bawm Zo, also known as Banjogi, is a Kuki-Chin language primarily spoken in Bangladesh. It is also spoken in adjacent regions of Northeast India and Myanmar (Burma). The Bawms that live on the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh call ...

* Pangkhu language

Notes

Districts of Mizoram Former districts of India {{Mizoram-geo-stub