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Rakhine traders clash With Mara volunteers in Mizoram, duty post set ablaze
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Khawkawn is a village in Ngopa mandal, Saitual district, Mizoram, with a population of 908 across 161 households. It has a literacy rate of 81.4% and is situated at coordinates 24.019°N, 93.221°E.
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- LGD code
- 271291
- Pincode
- 796290
- Post office
- Ngopa
- Population
- 908
- Households
- 161
- Literacy rate
- 81.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1009 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 407
- Distance to district centre
- 26 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 17 km
- Distance to Aizawl
- 61 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 521 km
- Nearest railway station
- Maulkhang · 58 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- CHC Ngopa · 15 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Khawkawn compares
By population, Khawkawn ranks #7 of 13 villages in Ngopa mandal.
Literacy rate
%
81.4%
+3.2% vs mandal average
- Khawkawn
- 81.4%
- Ngopa mandal
- 78.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,009
+45 vs mandal average
- Khawkawn
- 1,009
- Ngopa mandal
- 964
Household size
people per home
5.6
+0.7 vs mandal average
- Khawkawn
- 5.6
- Ngopa mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Khawkawn at a glance
Khawkawn is a village of 908 people in 161 households (Census 2011) in Ngopa block, Saitual district, Mizoram, the 7th-largest of 13 villages in Ngopa block. Literacy is 81%, 3 points above the block average of 78% and the sex ratio is 1,009 women per 1,000 men. It lies 26 km from the Saitual district centre, 58 km from Maulkhang railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 796290, served by Ngopa post office; the LGD village code is 271291. The nearest hospital or health centre is CHC Ngopa, 15 km away. The population is estimated at 1,071 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Khawkawn
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 17
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- CHAMPHAI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 160
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 160
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 25
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 0
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Khawkawn
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Khawkawn
- LGD code
- 271291
- Pincode
- 796290
- Post office
- Ngopa
- Population (Census 2011)
- 908
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,071
- Households
- 161
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1009
- Literacy rate
- 81.4%
- Coordinates
- 24.01881°N, 93.22129°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Mizoram
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Lengteng
- Member of Parliament
- Richard Vanlalhmangaiha
- Block / Mandal
- Ngopa
Getting there
How to reach Khawkawn
Distance to cities · straight line
- Aizawl61 kmcapital
- Kolkata521 km
- Delhi1674 km
- Hyderabad1699 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMaulkhang58 km
- Hospital / PHCCHC Ngopa15 km
- CollegeLamka College59 km
- Police stationNgopa Police Station15 km
Same pincode
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View all 14 →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)