Rikhawdar

Rikhawdar
ရိခေါ်ဒါရ်
Town
Rihkhawdar on the left and Zokhawthar on the right
Rikhawdar
Location in Myanmar
Coordinates: 23°21′55″N 93°23′08″E / 23.3652°N 93.3855°E / 23.3652; 93.3855Coordinates: 23°21′55″N 93°23′08″E / 23.3652°N 93.3855°E / 23.3652; 93.3855
Country  Myanmar
State Chin State
District Falam District
Township Tonzang Township
Population (2014)
 • Town 6,620[1]
 • Urban 3,604
 • Rural 3,016
Languages
Time zone UTC+5:30 (MST)

Rikhawdar (Burmese: ရိခေါ်ဒါရ်; also spelt Rihkhuadal or Rihkhawdar), next to Khawmawi, is a border town in Falam District, Chin State, Myanmar.[2] It lies next to Zokhawthar village of the Champhai district of Mizoram, India.[3]

India-Myanmar border

It and Khawmawi form the east side of the border crossing, a bridge across the Harhva river. It is one of the two international border crossings in the Chin State.

References

  1. ↑ Census Report. The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census. 2. Naypyidaw: Ministry of Immigration and Population. May 2015. p. 52.
  2. ↑ "Chin State's District Map" (PDF). Myanmar Information Management Unit. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Mizoram villages" (PDF). Land Records Information Systems Division, NIC. Retrieved 2015-08-22.
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