Zote is a village in Champhai block of

Champhai District Champhai district is one of the eleven districts of Mizoram state in India. The district is bounded on the north by Churachandpur district of Manipur state, on the west by Saitual and Serchhip districts, and on the south and east by Myanmar. ...

Mizoram Mizoram is a states and union territories of India, state in northeastern India, with Aizawl as its Capital city, capital and largest city. It shares 722-kilometres (449 miles) of international borders with Bangladesh to the west, and Myanmar t ...

state, India.

Etymology

Zote are one of the clans of the

Hmar people Hmar people are a scheduled tribe ethnic group from the states of Manipur, Mizoram, Assam, and Meghalaya in Northeast India. They use the Hmar language as their primary language. In 2023, the Hmar Inpui, an apex body of the tribe 'reaffirmed' t ...

who are believed to first settle here. So the name of the village came to be known as "Zote".

Economy

Zote is one of the 4 Border Haats (markets) in Mizoram, others being at Hnahlan, Vaphai ( Saikhumphai) and Sangau ( Pangkhua), all of whichboost the local trade and economy.Outlook India India, Myanmar likely to set up four ''Border Haats''
Outlook India, 20 Aug 2019. As part of India's Look-East connectivity, entailing connectivity to

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, Mekong-Ganga Cooperation,

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and the Trans-Asian Railway,India's Look East Policy (2)
/ref> Zote as a border town has a role to play.

Transport and connectivity

Border checkpost, customs and immigration

Zokhawthar Zokhawthar is a border town in the Champhai district of Mizoram state of India. Demographics According to the 2011 census of India, Zokhawthar has 501 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding c ...

LCS (Land Custom Station),Land immigration centre along Myanmar border opened
Business Standard, 2018. There is a proposal to upgrade it to ICP (Integrated Check Point) entailing immigration and customs both. is 28 km south of Zote on Look-East connectivity.

Airport and railway

Lengpui Airport Lengpui Airport is a domestic airport serving Aizawl, the capital of Mizoram, India. Located in Lengpui within the Mamit district, the airport lies approximately 32 km north of Aizawl. It offers flights connecting to Delhi, Kolkata, Guwa ...

Aizawl Aizawl (, American English, US: , British English, UK: ; Mizo language, Mizo: ), formerly known as Aijal, is the capital city and the most populous city of Mizoram, India. It is also the third largest city in northeast India. It is situated ato ...

(223 km northwest) is the nearest airport in India.

Sairang Sairang is a town in the Aizawl district of the Indian state of Mizoram. Due to its proximity with Aizawl city, it acts as a satellite town of the city. History After the British invasion of 1871-1872, Bengali traders set up the first marketpl ...

railhead of Bairabi–Sairang line is the nearest railway station.

AH1 and India-Thailand Highway

India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway (IMT Highway), long route, is a 4-lane highway under construction under India's Look East policy that will connect Moreh, India with Mae Sot, Thailand via Myanmar. Imphal-Mandalay-Bangkok route, c ...

(IMT),The Role of BIMSTEC in Revitalising India’s Northeast
ORF, 23 Jun 2021. and

and

Asian Highway 1 Asian Highway 1 (AH1) is the longest east-west route of the Asian Highway Network, running from Tokyo, Japan via the Korean Peninsula (South Korea and North Korea), China (Mainland China and Hong Kong), Mainland Southeast Asia (Vietnam, Camb ...

(AH1)New road, rail links to make Manipur gateway to SE Asia: CM
The Hindu, 8 November 2018. Zokhawthar-Tedim connectivity to IMT will provide an alternate route to the existing route via Moreh. via Zokhawthar provide wider connectivity to Zote.

References

Villages in Lunglei district {{Mizoram-geo-stub