{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Samthang | other_name = Old Samthang | settlement_type = Village | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | etymology = | pushpin_map = India Mizoram#India | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Mizoram, India | coordinates = {{coord|23.160963|N|93.2518769|E|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = [[India]] | subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Mizoram]] | subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Champhai district|Champhai]] | subdivision_type3 = [[Block (district subdivision)|Block]] | subdivision_name3 = [[Khawbung]] | established_title = | established_date = | founder = | seat_type = [[Panchayat]] | seat = | leader_party = | leader_title = | leader_name = | unit_pref = Metric | area_total_km2 = | elevation_m = 1579 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_total = 908 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]] | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] | postal_code = 796321 | area_code_type = <!-- [[Telephone numbers in India|STD Code]] --> | area_code = | blank_name_sec1 = [[2011 Census of India|2011 census]] code | blank_info_sec1 = 271366 | footnotes = }} '''Samthang''' is a village in the [[Champhai district]] of [[Mizoram]], [[India]]. It is located in the [[Khawbung]] [[Block (district subdivision)|R.D. Block]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dolr.nic.in/dolr/mpr/revenuevillagedirectorypdf/Mizoram.pdf |title=Mizoram villages |publisher=Land Records Information Systems Division, NIC |access-date=2015-08-22 |archive-date=6 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140806123151/http://dolr.nic.in/dolr/mpr/revenuevillagedirectorypdf/Mizoram.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Chanchin">{{cite web | url=https://khawbung.mizoram.gov.in/Profile%20of%20Villages/Vaphai.htm | title=Profile of Samthang village | publisher=Khawbung Rural Development Block| work=Profile of villages within Khawbung RD block | date=2011 | access-date=9 December 2018 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
== Demographics ==
According to the [[2011 census of India]], Samthang (old) has 190 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 98.62%.<ref name="census_2011"/>
{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Demographics (2011 Census)<ref name="census_2011">{{cite web |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/1504_PART_B_DCHB_CHAMPHAI.pdf |title=District Census Handbook - Champhai |work=[[2011 Census of India]] |publisher=Directorate of Census Operations, Mizoram |access-date=2015-08-22 }}</ref> ! !! Total !! Male !! Female |- | Population || 908 || 463 || 445 |- | Children aged below 6 years || 111 || 59 || 52 |- | [[Scheduled caste]] || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | [[Scheduled tribe]] || 902 || 459 || 443 |- | Literates || 786 || 397 || 389 |- | Workers (all) || 510 || 257 || 253 |- | Main workers (total) || 496 || 252 || 244 |- | Main workers: Cultivators || 418 || 205 || 213 |- | Main workers: Agricultural labourers || 2 || 1 || 1 |- | Main workers: Household industry workers || 4 || 4 || 0 |- | Main workers: Other || 72 || 42 || 30 |- | Marginal workers (total) || 14 || 5 || 9 |- | Marginal workers: Cultivators || 7 || 3 || 4 |- | Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | Marginal workers: Household industry workers || 1 || 1 || 0 |- | Marginal workers: Others || 6 || 1 || 5 |- | Non-workers || 398 || 206 || 192 |}
== References == {{reflist}}
{{Champhai district}}
[[Category:Villages in Khawbung block]]