Hnahthial district

For two decades from 1998 to 2018, the people of Hnahthial demanded for the creation of Hnahthial District through the District Demand Committee later in 2009 renamed as Hnahthial District Function Demand Committee which resorted to various means including Long March from Hnahthial to Aizawl, indefinite fasting, processions, public prayer meetings, Total Bandh, [2], Public Meetings, [3], memorandum and resolutions submitted to the Chief Minister [4],[5], blockade of NH 54 [6] and a series of talks held with the Chief Minister of Mizoram.

The Government of Mizoram had ordered creation of offices of the Deputy Commissioners of Hnahthial District vide a notification dated 3 June 2019, after which the District started becoming operational and since then Hnahthial has become the headquarters of Hnahthial District. The newly formed Hnahthial District held a grand function on 18 October 2019 at the District Headquarter's HBSC Ground No 1 to celebrate creation of the long awaited District.[7]

The district is named after its headquarters Hnahthial.

The district has three Legislative Assembly constituencies. These are South Tuipui,Lunglei North and Lunglei East. There are twenty seven inhabited towns and villages in this district with 5,846 Families with 28,468 people residing in them. There are 14,208 Men and 14,260 women respectively. The District Capital has 1,548 families with a population of 7,187 residing in them.[8].

A helicopter service by Pawan Hans[9] has been started which connects the Aizawl with Hnahthial.[10] The distance between Hnahthial and Aizawl through NH 54 is 172 km and is connected by a bus and jeep/maxi cab service.[11]

The district is bounded on the north by Serchhip and on the south by Lawngtlai district, on the southeast by Saiha district, on the east by Myanmar. Hnahthial town is the administrative headquarters of the district.