New Serchhip

New Serchhip is the northern extension of Serchhip Town in Mizoram State of India. It is inhabited since 1976. Serchhip district administration offices are situated here. The whole area is governed by a Mizo typical civic body called Village Councils.HistoryAssam Rifles has established their camp during the Mizo National Front uprising in New Serchhip area, since then the place is occupied. In 1976, the Village Council in Serchhip started to plan the whole village for residential area. Most of the district level Government offices also started to established within this area.DemographicChristianity is the major religion in the village. Among the Christian denominations, Presbyterian has largest members with three local churches. Baptist, Penticostal church, Catholic church, Salvation Army have good number of members. There are numerous construction laborers coming from Karimganj, Bihar and Bangladesh who are working in the village for a period of time.