Mizo couples asked to have more kids to increase population

Guwahati | Thursday | 12th July, 2018

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The population density recorded in 2011 was 52/sq km, behind Arunachal Pradesh that recorded 17/sq km. ""The YMA agrees with this year's World Population Day's theme 'Family Planning is a Human Right'," he added.According to the 2011 Census, Mizoram's population was 10.91 lakh, making it the second least populated state after Sikkim whose population was just 0.09% of India's population. We will be waiting for people's response. The national density is 382/sq km.Vanlalruata said the number of voters in Mizoram is about seven lakh, which is same as the margin by which BJP leader Gopinath Munde's daughter Pritam Munde had won 2014 LS bypolls from Beed GUWAHATI: On World Population Day on Wednesday, Mizoram 's most influential NGO - the Young Mizo Association (YMA) - has advised Mizo couples to birth more children as their population is comparatively sparse in the state and to also counter the Centre's move to amend the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill that seeks to give citizenship to non-Muslim Bangladeshi refugees.Central YMA president Vanlalruata told TOI it is a concept that the association has put forth for the Mizo people..