Khawbung
| Khawbung | |
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| Sub-Town | |
 Khawbung
Khawbung
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| Coordinates: 23°10′N 93°14′E / 23.167°N 93.233°ECoordinates: 23°10′N 93°14′E / 23.167°N 93.233°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Mizoram |
| District | Champhai |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 2,097 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Mizo |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 796321 |
| Vehicle registration | MZ |
| Coastline | 0 kilometres (0 mi) |
| Nearest city | Champhai |
| Sex ratio | 978 females per 1000 males♂/♀ |
| Literacy | 98.12% |
| Website | mizoram |
Khawbung(English: /koʊbuːŋ/ (
)) is a major village in Champhai district in the Indian state of Mizoram. It is the administrative center of Khawbung rural development block and Khawbung assembly constituency which has been now renamed as 25 East Tuipui Constituency.
Khawbung, a well-known village in the eastern corner of Mizoram bearing historical account of the Mizos, outcropping material cultures of the unknown past to recent past and historical landmarks within its present administrative block, is about a 4 hours’ drive by light vehicles, that is, at a distance of 80 kilometres from Champhai. It is an administrative block headquarters headed by Block Development Officer (BDO). There are 25 villages with total population of 22,139 (Males=11295, Females = 10844 by Census of India 2011 under Khawbung RD Block. The area is physically mesopotamised by R.Tuipui and R.Tiau. Its physiographical entities have been represented with Champhai physiographic unit which is relatively higher than the rest of the state. This has again influenced the patterns of stream network, vegetation, climate and the like. All these make any part of it somewhat homogenous in their physical environments as well, so has influenced its cultural environments identically. It is an interesting place of Mizoram for the study of cultural landscape as man is an important ingredient in the discipline of geography and the area is too conducive for such a study.
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