{{About|the district|its eponymous headquarters|Siaha}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Siaha district | settlement_type = [[List of districts of Mizoram|District]] of [[Mizoram]] | image_skyline = File:Siaha2022.jpg | image_caption = View of Siaha from Tlapi Viewpoint | image_map = Saiha in Mizoram (India).svg | image_map1 = {{maplink |frame=yes |frame-width=225 |frame-height=225 |frame-align=center |text= '''Siaha district''' |type=shape |id=Q1821714 |stroke-colour=#C60C30 |stroke-width=2 |title= Siaha district of Mizoram |type2=line|id2=Q1502|stroke-width2=1|stroke-colour2=#0000ff|title2=Mizoram }} | map_alt = | map_caption = Location in Mizoram | coordinates = | coor_pinpoint = Siaha | 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 = [[Siaha]] | parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]] | parts_style = para | p1 = | area_total_km2 = 1400 | area_footnotes = | population_as_of = 2011 | population_total = 56,574 | population_footnotes = | population_urban = 25,110 (44.38%) | population_density_km2 = auto | demographics_type1 = Demographics | demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]] | demographics1_info1 = 90.01 | demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio | demographics1_info2 = 979 | 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 = 2 | timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]] | utc_offset1 = +05:30 | registration_plate = | blank_name_sec1 = | blank_info_sec1 = | blank_name_sec2 = | blank_info_sec2 = | website = {{URL|http://siaha.nic.in/}} }}
'''Siaha district''' is one of the eleven districts of [[Mizoram]] state in [[India]]. The district is bounded on the northwest by [[Lunglei district]], on the north and west by [[Lawngtlai District]] and on the south and east by [[Myanmar]]. The district occupies an area of 1399.9 km<sup>2</sup>. [[Siaha]] town is the administrative headquarters of the Mara Autonomous District Council. The population had Increased from 56,574 (in 2011 census) to 67,658 (in 2021) {{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}. It is the least populous district of Mizoram (out of [[Districts of Mizoram|8]]).<ref name="districtcensus">{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 2011-09-30 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref>
==History== Siaha District was formerly part of [[Chhimtuipui District]]. In 1998 when Chhimtuipui District was split in half, the half that became Saiha District was briefly called by the old name '''Chhimtuipui District'''.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}} In 2016 Saiha District was renamed to Siaha District following the rename of [[Siaha]] town in the previous year.<ref>[https://siaha.nic.in/dipro/ DIPRO] on siaha.nic.in</ref>
==Economy== In 2006 the [[Ministry of Panchayati Raj]] named Siaha one of the country's 250 [[Poverty in India|most backward districts]] (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=brgf/> It is one of the two districts in Mizoram currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).<ref name=brgf>{{cite web|author=Ministry of Panchayati Raj|date=8 September 2009|title=A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme|publisher=National Institute of Rural Development|url=http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf|access-date=27 September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405033402/http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf|archive-date=5 April 2012}}</ref>
==Demographics==
{{historical populations|25=1971|26=13,508|27=1981|28=22,143|29=1991|30=34,930|31=2001|32=60,823|33=2011|34=56,574|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=center}}
{{bar box |title=Religions in Saiha district (2011)<ref name="Religion">{{cite web |date=2011 |title=Table C-01 Population By Religion: Mizoram |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11385/download/14498/DDW15C-01%20MDDS.XLS |website=census.gov.in |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref> |titlebar=#Fcd116 |left1=Religion |right1=Percent |float=left |bars= {{bar percent|[[Christianity in Mizoram|Christianity]]|dodgerblue|97.18}} {{bar percent|[[Hinduism]]|darkorange|1.65}} {{bar percent|[[Islam]]|green|0.91}} {{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.26}} }}
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] Siaha district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 56,574, roughly equal to the island of [[Greenland]].<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 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070613004507/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 13 June 2007 | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote = Greenland 57,670 July 2011 est. }}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 628th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]). The district has a population density of {{convert| 40|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}. Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was −7.34%; the only district in Mizoram to have decreased population. Siaha has a [[sex ratio]] of 979 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males, and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 90.01%. 44.38% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Tribes make up 96.59% of the population.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=District Census Handbook: Saiha |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/886/download/36412/DH_2011_1508_PART_A_DCHB_SAIHA.pdf |website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>
The majority of the district inhabitants are [[Mara people]], who also have an autonomous district council called [[Mara Autonomous District Council]] composed of the two R.D. Blocks of Siaha and Tuipang.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}
{{Pie chart |thumb = left |caption = Languages spoken in Saiha district (2011)<ref name="languages"/> |label1 = [[Mara language|Mara]] |value1 = 72.14 |color1 = lightcoral |label2 = [[Mizo language|Mizo]] |value2 = 16.77 |color2 = red |label3 = [[Lai languages|Pawi]] |value3 = 5.36 |color3 = tomato |label4 = [[Hindi]] |value4 = 1.04 |color4 = orange |label5 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]] |value5 = 0.93 |color5 = orchid |label6 = Others |value6 = 3.76 |color6 = grey }}
According to the 2011 census, 72.14% of the population spoke [[Mara language|Mara]], 16.77% [[Mizo language|Mizo]], 5.36% [[Lai languages|Pawi]], 1.04% [[Hindi]] and 0.93% [[Bengali language|Bengali]] as their first language.<ref name="languages">{{cite web |date=2011 |title=Table C-16 Population By Mother Tongue: Mizoram |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10215/download/13327/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-1500.XLSX |website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>
==Flora and fauna== In 2007 Siaha district became home to [[Tokalo Wildlife Sanctuary|Tokalo wildlife sanctuary]], which has an area of {{convert|250|km2|mi2|abbr=on|1}}.<ref name=parks>{{cite web|author=Indian Ministry of Forests and Environment|title=Protected areas: Mizoram|url=http://oldwww.wii.gov.in/envis/envis_pa_network/index.htm|access-date=25 September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823163836/http://oldwww.wii.gov.in/envis/envis_pa_network/index.htm|archive-date=23 August 2011}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://siaha.nic.in Siaha.nic.in: Siaha district official website] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20101231022856/http://www.maraland.net/ Maraland.net: The home of Mara people on the internet]
{{Geographic location |Centre = Siaha District |North =[[Lunglei district]] |Northeast = |East = ''[[Myanmar]]'' |Southeast = |South =''[[Myanmar]]'' |Southwest = |West =[[Lawngtlai district]] |Northwest = }}
{{Mizoram}} {{Saiha District}} {{coord|22|29|24|N|92|58|48|E|region:IN-MZ_type:adm2nd_source:kolossus-nowiki|display=title}}
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