{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Vangchhia | settlement_type = village | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | etymology = | pushpin_map = India Mizoram#India | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Mizoram, India | coordinates = {{coord|23.2035497|N|93.3332252|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 = 1641 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_total = 837 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]] | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | postal_code_type = <!-- [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] --> | postal_code = | area_code_type = <!-- [[Telephone numbers in India|STD Code]] --> | area_code = | blank_name_sec1 = [[2011 Census of India|2011 census]] code | blank_info_sec1 = 271364 | footnotes = }}
'''Vangchhia''' 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-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140806123151/http://dolr.nic.in/dolr/mpr/revenuevillagedirectorypdf/Mizoram.pdf |archive-date=2014-08-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The 171 [[menhir]] stones in the village became Mizoram's first protected archaeological site in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mizoram's first 'monument' - The menhirs of Vangchhia to be protected by ASI|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120603/jsp/frontpage/story_15563719.jsp#.UXqxZkrAFUs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604000615/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120603/jsp/frontpage/story_15563719.jsp#.UXqxZkrAFUs|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 June 2012|access-date=26 April 2013|newspaper=The Telegraph (Calcutta)|date=3 June 2012}}</ref>
==History==
Vangchhia is also the home of ancient ''[[Kawtchhuah Ropui]]'' (literally ''the great entrance of the village'') memorial stones. In most tribal societies of this region, a cluster of memorial stones were traditionally erected in the entrance of settlements in commemoration to their dear ones, braves or outstanding persons who won victories in war or hunting untamed animals. However, the uniqueness of Kawtchhuah Ropui has been seen that all the figures were embossed. It may be assumed that the dressing of Kawtchhuah Ropui stones might be done with fine iron-tools. Findings of potsherds near Kawtchhuah Ropui showed that there were two successions of settlement in this area. The typology of dressing clay-pots confirms this hypothesis. There have been found two types of potsherds, greatly differed from each other in its dressing – the first had irregular threads of dress-finishing and well-baked while the second one bore regular threads resembling the Mizo traditional techniques of dressing clay-pots. These striking features help us confident to conclude that two successions of human settlement must confine to this place.
<gallery> File:Embossed_Figures_Kawtchhuah_Ropui_Vangchhia_Mapuia_Hnamte_(1).JPG|Kawtchhuah Ropui memorial stone at Vangchhia.
File:Kawtchhuah_Ropui_Vangchhia_Mapuia_Hnamte_(2).JPG|Pre-historic necropolis site at Vangchhia.
</gallery>
== Demographics ==
According to the [[2011 census of India]], Vangchhia has 153 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 96.87%.<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 || 837 || 424 || 413 |- | Children aged below 6 years || 167 || 82 || 85 |- | [[Scheduled caste]] || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | [[Scheduled tribe]] || 815 || 413 || 402 |- | Literates || 649 || 333 || 316 |- | Workers (all) || 354 || 205 || 149 |- | Main workers (total) || 343 || 199 || 144 |- | Main workers: Cultivators || 319 || 182 || 137 |- | Main workers: Agricultural labourers || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | Main workers: Household industry workers || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | Main workers: Other || 24 || 17 || 7 |- | Marginal workers (total) || 11 || 6 || 5 |- | Marginal workers: Cultivators || 10 || 5 || 5 |- | Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | Marginal workers: Household industry workers || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | Marginal workers: Others || 1 || 1 || 0 |- | Non-workers || 483 || 219 || 264 |}
== Society ==
The Vangchhia tribe is native to this village. Vangchhia is the name of one of the eleven sub-tribes of Mizoram.<ref>{{cite book|last=Joshi|first=H. G.|title=Mizoram: Past and Present|year=2005|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=81-7099-997-9|page=8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YtX52F_qcWgC&dq=Vangchhia+Mizoram&pg=PA8}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
{{Champhai district}}
[[Category:Villages in Khawbung block]]