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{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Lunglei}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Lunglei district
| settlement_type = [[Districts of Mizoram|District of Mizoram]]
| total_type = Total
| native_name =
| image_map = Lunglei in Mizoram (India).svg
| map_caption = Location of Lunglei district in Mizoram
| coordinates =
| coor_pinpoint = Lunglei
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Mizoram]]
| subdivision_type2 =
| subdivision_name2 =
| established_title = Established
| established_date =
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Lunglei]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 =
| area_total_km2 = 4,536
| area_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2001
| population_total = 161,428
| population_footnotes =
| population_urban =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 = 88.86
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2 = 947
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| leader_title1 = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name1 = [[Mizoram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mizoram]]
| leader_title2 = [[Vidhan Sabha|Vidhan Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name2 = 7
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
| registration_plate =
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| website = {{URL|http://lunglei.nic.in/}}
}}

'''Lunglei district''' is one of the eleven districts of [[Mizoram]] state in [[India]]. As of 2011 it is the second most populous district in the state, after [[Aizawl district|Aizawl]].<ref name="districtcensus">{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 30 September 2011 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref> It is also the largest district in Mizoram with an area of 4,572 km<sup>2</sup>(1,765 sq mi).

==Toponymy==
The district is named after its headquarters, [[Lunglei]]. Lunglei, sometimes spelled Lungleh, in [[Mizo language|Mizo]] means a bridge of rock. It derived its name from a bridge like rock found in the riverine area around the Nghasih, a small tributary of the river Tlawng.

==Geography==
The district is bounded on the north by [[Mamit district|Mamit]] and [[Aizawl district|Aizawl]] districts, on the west by [[Bangladesh]], on the south by [[Lawngtlai district]], on the southeast by [[Saiha district]], on the east by [[Myanmar]] and on the northeast by [[Serchhip District]]. The district occupies an area of 4538 km<sup>2</sup>. [[Lunglei]] town is the administrative headquarters of the district.

The district has 2 subdivisions, [[Lunglei]] and [[Tlabung]]. The district has seven assembly constituencies: South Tuipui, Lunglei North, Lunglei East, Lunglei West, Lunglei South, Thorang and West Tuipui.

== History ==
In August 1897, the missionary [[David Evan Jones (missionary)|David Evan Jones]] visited the [[Lushai Hills]]. He came to Lunglei for Christmas of that year, spending the season in the hamlet of Pukpui.<ref name=":02">John Hughes Morris ''The history of the Welsh Calvinistic Methodists' foreign mission'' Page 319 1996 "DAVID EVAN JONES — Born February 15th, 1870, at Brynmelyn, Llandderfel. Educated at Bala Grammar School, Liverpool Institute, Bala and Aberystwyth Colleges. For two years pastor of Bettws church, Mont. Ordained in 1897. Sailed for India, June 26th, 1897, arriving at Aizawl, Lushai Hills, August 31st. In 1903, married Miss K. E. Williams, Sylhet."</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Lloyd|first=J. Meirion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BkgFAQAAIAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&q=D.E&hl=en|title=History of the Church in Mizoram: Harvest in the Hills|date=1991|publisher=Synod Publication Board|language=en}}</ref> Sufficient Christian influence remained in the area that during [[World War II]], inhabitants of the village held prayer services in churches.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Chatterjee|first=Suhas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GI-1rMckfpEC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA53&dq=Pukpui&hl=en|title=Making of Mizoram: Role of Laldenga|date=1994|publisher=M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.|isbn=978-81-85880-38-9|language=en}}</ref>

==Demographics==
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Lunglei district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 161,428, roughly equal to the nation of [[Saint Lucia]].<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 1 October 2011 | quote = Saint Lucia 161,557 July 2011 est.
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 597th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]). The district has a population density of {{convert| 36|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}. Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 17.64%. Lunglei has a [[sex ratio]] of 947 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males, and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 88.86%.<ref>{{cite web| author=census2011 |title=Lunglei District : Census 2011 data | url= http://www.census2011.co.in/census/district/391-lunglei.html |work= census2011.co.in |access-date= 15 June 2013}}</ref>

{|
|{{historical populations|25=1971|26=60,403|27=1981|28=86,511|29=1991|30=1,11,415|31=2001|32=1,37,223|33=2011|34=1,61,428|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=middle}}

{{bar box
|title=Religions in Lunglei District
|titlebar=#Fcd116
|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
|float=right
|bars=
{{bar percent|Christians|blue|78.75}}
{{bar percent|Buddhists|yellow|17.06}}
{{bar percent|[[Hindus]]|orange|3.24}}
{{bar percent|[[Muslims]]|green|0.80}}
{{bar percent|Jains|brown|0.06}}
{{bar percent|Not Stated|black|0.04}}
{{bar percent|Sikhs|olive|0.02}}
}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://lunglei.nic.in/ Official site]
* {{Cite web|title=Base Map of Lunglei District, Mizoram |work=Agriculture - Remote Sensing and GIS |publisher=Department of Agriculture, Government of Mizoram |url=http://agriculturemizoram.nic.in/Photos/GIS/Location%20Map/Lunglei/base%20map.jpg |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150826042116/http://agriculturemizoram.nic.in/Photos/GIS/Location%20Map/Lunglei/base%20map.jpg |archive-date=26 August 2015 |url-status=live}}
* {{Cite web|title=Drainage Map of Lunglei District, Showing Coding up to Mico Watershed, Mizoram |work=Agriculture - Remote Sensing and GIS |publisher=Department of Agriculture, Government of Mizoram |url=http://agriculturemizoram.nic.in/Photos/GIS/wSHED.WMF/lunglei.jpg |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150826042530/http://agriculturemizoram.nic.in/Photos/GIS/wSHED.WMF/lunglei.jpg |archive-date=26 August 2015 |url-status=live}}
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{{Geographic location
|Centre = Lunglei district
|North = [[Aizawl district]]
|Northeast = [[Serchhip district]]
|East = ''[[Myanmar]]''
|Southeast = [[Saiha district]]
|South = [[Lawngtlai district]]
|Southwest =
|West =''[[Bangladesh]]''
|Northwest = [[Mamit district]]
}}

{{Lunglei district}}
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