Mamit District

Mamit District with its headquarters at Mamit was etched out from the erstwhile Aizawl District under Mizoram Govt. Notification No.A.600Ill2ll95-GAD dated 11.3.98. The new District started functioning from the 24th April, 1998 which was the date when the new Deputy. Commissioner assumed office.

Mamit is the least urbanised Districts of Mizoram with 17.25 % of Total Population i.e out of 86364 only 14,899 person is living in Urban areas.Against the State level Sex Ratio of 976, Mamit district comprises of 927 sex ratio which is the lowest among all eleven District in the State. In terms of Literacy rate Mamit District is the second least Literacy Rate with 84.9 out of all Eleven District of the State. West Phaileng village is the most populated Village with population of 2,1,309 while Saitlaw with a population of Only 59 persons is the smallest village in the District. Against a total Population of 94.4 % Scheduled Tribes in the State , The Scheduled Tribes Population of Mamit is 95.0 % .