Sairang is a

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

in the Aizawl district of the

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

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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 ...

. Due to its proximity with

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 ...

city, it acts as a satellite town of the city.

History

After the British invasion of 1871-1872, Bengali traders set up the first marketplace in Mizoram in Changsil. Sairang is the nearest town with river from

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

Silchar Silchar is a city and the headquarters of the Cachar district of the state of Assam, India. It is second largest city of Assam after Guwahati in terms of population and GDP. It is also administrative capital of Barak Valley division. It is locate ...

via Tlawng 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 .

Connectivity

Sairang lies on the route of

Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project The Kaladan Road Project () is a US$484 million project connecting the eastern Indian seaport of Kolkata with Sittwe seaport in Rakhine State, Myanmar by sea. In Myanmar, it will then link Sittwe seaport to Paletwa in Chin State via the Kalada ...

. It is connected with roads from major towns in

Assam Assam (, , ) is a state in Northeast India, northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra Valley, Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . It is the second largest state in Northeast India, nor ...

, through NH 54. 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 Lawngtlai in

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

Dabaka Dabaka ( ), also called Doboka or Dobaka ( ), is a town in Hojai district (formerly in Nagaon district) of Assam state in India. It is a commercial place situated in the central part of Assam. Demographics Indian census, Dabaka had a populat ...

via 850 km long NH-54 which in turn is part of the larger East-West Corridor connecting North East India 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, Sairang had a population of .

References

{{Mizoram Aizawl Cities and towns in Aizawl district