BORAPANSURY: A Glimpse

By Suman Chakma

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Borapansury Primary Health Centre (PHC)

Overview: Borapansury is a village located in Chawngte Block in Lawngtlai District of Mizoram State, India. It is located 116 KM towards west from District head quarters Lawngtlai. 30.04 KM from Chawngte. 288 KM from State capital Aizawl. Borapansury village has been divided into two parts. The northern part is called Borapansury I and the southern part is called Borapansury II. Both villages lies on the border with Bangladesh. 

There are 288 House Holds in Borapansury I. The population in Borapansury I village is 1,367 of which 726 (53%) are males while 641 (47%) are females. And in Borapansury II There are 265 House Holds.  The population in Borapansury II is 1,262 of which 644 (51%) are males while 618 (49%) are females as per the survey of census during 2011 by Indian Government.

Scheduled Cast in Borapansury I are 0 (0%)  and in Borapansury II are 2 (0%) . Therefore, total Scheduled Tribe in Borapansury I are 1,327 (97% ) and in Borapansury II are 1,246 (99% ).

In Borapansury I village population of children with age 0-6 is 202 which makes up 14.78 % of total population of village and in Borapansury II is 205 which makes up 16.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Borapansury I village is 883 and in Borapansury II is 960 which is lower than Mizoram state average of 976. Child Sex Ratio for the Borapansury I as per census is 1040 and for Borapansury II is 1050, higher than Mizoram average of 970. 

Borapansury I and Borapansury II villages have lower literacy rate compared to Mizoram. In 2011, literacy rate of Borapansury I village was 55.19 % and of Borapansury II 69.63 % compared to 91.33 % of Mizoram. In Borapansury I Male literacy stands at 70.49 % and in Borapansury II at at 86.21 % while female literacy rate was 37.36 % and 52.05 % respectively. 

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Borapansury I and II villages are administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. 

Caste Factor

In Borapansury I and II villages, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 97.07 % of total population in Borapansury I village and in II constitutes 98.73 %. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Borapansury I village  of Lawngtlai while 0.16 % of total population were in Borapansury II. 

Work Profile

In Borapansury I village out of total population, 586 were engaged in work activities. 67.92 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.08 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 586 workers engaged in Main Work, 233 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.

Meanwhile, In Borapansury II village out of total population, 485 were engaged in work activities. 93.20 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.80 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 485 workers engaged in Main Work, 273 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 14 were Agricultural labourer.

Population of Borapansury I and II in table (1 and 2) according to census 2011:

                                                                      
                                                                                           Table 1

Total No. of Houses	288	-	-
Population	1,367	726	641
Child (0-6)	202	99	103
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	1,327	686	641
Literacy	55.19 %	70.49 %	37.36 %
Total Workers	586	387	199
Main Worker	398	0	0
Marginal Worker	188	0	0

                                                                                          Table 2

Total No. of Houses                     265                           -                                     -
Population                                    1,262                     644                                 618
Child (0-6)                                    205                        100                                 105
Schedule Caste                             2                              1                                     1
Schedule Tribe                             1,246                     632                                  614
Literacy                                        69.63 %                86.21 %                         52.05 %
Total Workers                              485                       317                                 168
Main Worker                                452                         0                                     0
Marginal Worker                          33                           0                                     0


"Every person whether temporary or permanent need an address. So am I,where I was born and did my primary studies. I shall be talking merely about this place besides my personal instincts. I love my homeland and shall be always haunted by the affection of this land and its people. The environment of this particular place is quite different from rest of the places of its kind as I did observed."
                                                                        
Borapansury, as we can recall, the first Head Quarter of Chakma Autonomous District Council  (aka CADC). I better not to refer why the Head Quarter was shifted to present Kamalanagar as it makes me sentimental. Borapansury with its unique geographical topography is situated at the extreme south-western part of Mizoram, a small state in United India. It is flanked by Bangladesh in the western part whereas it is flanked by Lunglei District in the Eastern part. The map of CADC where Borapansury is within looks like a long battle sword-shaped. Its area is so much small that it is the smallest Autonomous District Council (ADC) comprised in Mizoram.The CADC was formed on 29th April in the year 1972 when Mizoram was upgraded from the then Union Territory to independent State.

Borapanury Govt. High School (at present) is shown above here

Borapansury is now the second Head Quarters of CADC and with highest literacy percentage. It is geographically situated on the bank of locally famous river Pansury, from where its name originated after the river. As the Chakma peoples love to live on the bank of river. This place is also situated on the bank of the river. The houses are concentrated equally on both the banks of the river. About seven to eight hundreds house holds are there, which means around 2,000-2,5000 populations.They are traditionally bond and thus the most eldest one is being highly respected in the family in particular and in the village in general. And also they are faithful in God. The Chakma peoples are originally Buddhist and are believe to be descendant of the Lord Buddha. Most of the successful person in CADC today is from this particular place. However, the peoples of this place is more influenced by politics which is one of the principle reason that the people of today vary from the very past.

Jagat Jyoti Buddha Vihar at Borapansury

Below in pictures is given the only Primary Health Centre (PHC) in Borapansury which has been laying idle for last 20 years:

To know more about Borapansury Primary Health Centre (PHC) please follow links below :
http://mcdf.wordpress.com/2012/08/08/borapansury-phc-campaign-banner-in-kamala-nagar/?relatedposts_exclude=633

Media coverage:
http://mcdf.wordpress.com/2012/08/04/prez-intervenes-to-open-phc-lying-defunct-for-20-years/


Link: http://suman-chakma.blogspot.in/2011/04/about-barapansury-only.html