PROFILE

NAME OF CITY : CHAMPHAI

NAME OF DISTRICT : CHAMPHAI
STATE : MIZORAM
Champhai, the third biggest settlement in Mizoram in terms of population is the head-
quarter of Champhai district and is located in the eastern part of Mizoram near Myanmar
border. It is regarded as the main business corridor for India and Myanmar. According to
the census of 2011, Champhai Town alone had a population of 32,734. Literacy rate
stands at 93.51%. The road from the State Capital Aizawl to the border town Champhai,
that is 190 km in length, is completely on hilly terrain. It is called the rice bowl of Mizoram
and is the largest wet-land rice cultivation area in Mizoram. Champhai is a fast developing
town in Mizoram and its strategic location and proximity to Myanmar has made Champhai
a growing border town.
The economy of Champhai is mainly agriculture and border trade. The town is also the
main trading centre of Mizoram with goods like clothes, silverware and electronics
imported from Myanmar through the trading post in Zokhawthar. Rice and Grapes are
the two main agricultural crops in the region. It has a flatland measuring 113 kilometres
long and 48 kilometres in width for wet rice cultivation which can produce 19,200 quintals
of rice per year. 10,000 quintals of grape were cultivated in 2011 alone churning 20,000
bottles a year. Champhai is also one of the largest trading centers after the state capital
Aizawl, and caters to the needs of the hilly North-Eastern state of Mizoram and the
bordering Chin State in Myanmar.
Overlooking the majestic Myanmar Hills, adorned with culture and tradition, popularly
known as the ‘Rice Bowl of Mizoram’, Champhai is one tourist destination in north east
India that cannot be missed. Champhai tourism is laden with tribal tradition which is
boisterous and vibrant, the place where orchids bloom and add colour and richness to the
area and where butterflies fly all around making it a place like in fairy tales. The Champhai
town offers a magnificent view of the blue Myanmar Hills. The villages in the district are
dotted with small hamlets that seem to be far removed from the maddening crowd.
Champhai is not just a growing commercial town that opens trade ways to Myanmar and
further south-east Asia, but it is one of those unexplored tourist destinations in India. The
flat lands of Champhai seem to be decorated by the Myanmar Hills on all sides
exemplifying the beauty of the place. Champhai tourism is particularly famous for tourist
places like the Murlen National Park, Mura Puk, Rih dïl Lake, Thasiama Seno Neihna,
Tluangtea Puk, Far Puk (Pine Cave), Lianchhiari Lunglen Tlang, Chawngtlai Historical
Village, Champhai Winery, Lengteng Wildlife Sanctuary, among others.