Zokhawthar is a

border town A border town is a town or city close to the boundary between two countries, states, or regions. Usually the term implies that the nearness to the border is one of the things the place is most famous for. With close proximities to a different coun ...

in the

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 of

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Demographics

According to the 2011 census of India, Zokhawthar has 501 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 93.58%.

Transport and border connectivity

India is part of BIMSTEC,

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, Mekong-Ganga Cooperation,

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and the Trans-Asian Railway network and India has embarked on several Look-East connectivity projects.India's Look East Policy (2)
/ref> Mizoram has an unfenced international border with Myanmar (404 km), guarded by

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(BSF), and Bangladesh (318 km), guarded by

Assam Rifles The Assam Rifles (AR) is a paramilitary force of India responsible for border security, counter-insurgency, and maintaining law and order in Northeast India and in Jammu & Kashmir in lines of Rashtriya Rifles. Its primary duty involves guard ...

. India and Myanmar have set up 4 Border Haats (markets) in Mizoram at Hnahlan, Zote, Vaphai ( Saikhumphai) and Sangau ( Pangkhua) to boost the local trade and economy. Indian has set up 5 ICP (Integrated Check Posts) Mizoram at Kawrpuichhuah, Marpara, Tuipuibari, Silsuri and Nunsury.Outlook India India, Myanmar likely to set up four ''Border Haats''
Outlook India, 20 Aug 2019.

Border checkpost, customs and immigration

Zokhawthar LCS (Land Custom Station) was opened on the Indo-Myanmar border in August 2018. It is one of the two such check-posts in the state of Mizoram.
Business Standard, 2018. There is a proposal to upgrade it to ICP (Integrated Check Point) entailing immigration and customs both.

Airport and railway

Lengpui Airport in

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 ...

(242 km northwest of Moreh) is the nearest airport in India. Sairang railhead of Bairabi–Sairang line is the nearest railway station.

AH1 and India-Thailand Highway

India plans to upgrade route from Zokhawthar in Mizoram to

Tedim Tedim (, , (Tedim language, Zo: ''Tedim Khuapi'', pronounced ; is a town and the administrative seat of Tedim Township in Chin State, Myanmar. It is the second largest town in Chin State, after Hakha (the capital city of Chin State). The town's f ...

Chin State Chin State (, ) is a state in western Myanmar. Chin State is bordered by Sagaing Division and Magway Division to the east, Rakhine State to the south, the Chattogram Division of Bangladesh to the west, and the Indian states of Mizoram to th ...

of Myanmar as an additional connect to the planned

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. which is part of

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) passes through Moreh in

Manipur Manipur () is a state in northeastern India with Imphal as its capital. It borders the Indian states of Assam to the west, Mizoram to the south, and Nagaland to the north and shares the international border with Myanmar, specifically t ...

.New road, rail links to make Manipur gateway to SE Asia: CM
The Hindu, November 08, 2018. Zokhawthar-Tedim connectivity to IMT will provide an alternate route to the existing route via Moreh.

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