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North Lungpher

village in Mizoram, India

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ7056005
Source-derived summary

North Lungpher is a village situated in the state of Mizoram, India. It is a moderately-sized settlement located within the Thingsulthliah Rural Development Block of Saitual District, Mizoram, and is home to approximately 200 families.

Population

As per the 2011 India Census, North Lungpher recorded a population of 899, with males comprising 57% and females 43%. Of the total population, 17.04% are children under the age of six. The village is situated in the Aizawl district of Mizoram.

Among the children aged 0 to 6 years, there are 146 individuals, constituting 17.04% of the village’s total population. The sex ratio in North Lungpher stands at 961 females for every 1,000 males, which is slightly lower than the state average of 976. The child sex ratio is 896, which is also below the Mizoram state average of 970.

The majority of the population in North Lungpher belongs to Scheduled Tribes (ST), accounting for 99.53% of the total population, while there are no individuals from the Scheduled Caste (SC) category.

North Lungpher boasts a literacy rate higher than the state average.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “North Lungpher” is village in Mizoram, India. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through North, Lungpher and village, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2011—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, North, Lungpher and village is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “village in Mizoram, India” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7056005. Authority coordinates are 23.787, 92.975. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2011.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “North Lungpher”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow North Lungpher primary sources, North Lungpher archive and North research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “North Lungpher”?
  2. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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This entry incorporates text from North Lungpher” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.