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| demographics1_info1 = [[Chin people|Chin]], Falam [[Laizo]], [[Bamar people|Bamars]], [[Mizo people|Mizo]], [[Kuki people| Kuki]], [[Zomi people| Zomi]], [[Rakhine people|Rakhine]], [[Tedim people|Tedim]], [[Lai people|Lai]],[[Daignet]]
| demographics1_info1 = [[Chin people|Chin]], Falam [[Laizo]], [[Bamar people|Bamars]], [[Mizo people|Mizo]], [[Kuki people|Kuki]], [[Zomi people|Zomi]], [[Rakhine people|Rakhine]], [[Tedim people|Tedim]], [[Lai people|Lai]], [[Daignet]]
| demographics1_title2 = Religions
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| demographics1_info2 = [[Christianity]] 91.6%<br> [[Buddhism]] 6.1%<br> [[Animism]] and other religions 2.3%
| demographics1_info2 = [[Christianity]] 85.4%<br> [[Buddhism]] 13.0%<br> [[Animism]] and other religions 1.6%
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The state is named after the [[Chin people]], an ethnic group native to Chin State and neighboring [[Rakhine State]]. Much of the state is mountainous and sparsely populated, with few transportation links and low levels of economic development. It also has Myanmar's highest poverty rate, at 58%, according to a 2017 report.<ref name="undp">{{cite web |title=Myanmar Living Conditions Survey 2017 |url=https://www.undp.org/myanmar/publications/myanmar-living-conditions-survey-2017-poverty-report |website=United Nations Development Programme |access-date=12 November 2023}}</ref>
The state is named after the [[Chin people]], an ethnic group native to Chin State and neighboring [[Rakhine State]]. Much of the state is mountainous and sparsely populated, with few transportation links and low levels of economic development. It also has Myanmar's highest poverty rate, at 58%, according to a 2017 report.<ref name="undp">{{cite web |title=Myanmar Living Conditions Survey 2017 |url=https://www.undp.org/myanmar/publications/myanmar-living-conditions-survey-2017-poverty-report |website=United Nations Development Programme |access-date=12 November 2023}}</ref>
As of November 2025, ethnic Chin resistance forces, such as the [[Chin National Army]] and the [[Chin National Defence Force]] maintains de facto control over approximately 80 percent of Chin State, encompassing most of its townships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.csis.org/analysis/trouble-among-chin-myanmar| website=CSIS |title=Trouble Among the Chin of Myanmar}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
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Chin State, like much of Myanmar, has been deeply affected by the [[Myanmar civil war (2021–present)|Myanmar civil war]] since it broke out in 2021. Tens of thousands of Chin State residents have fled to neighboring [[Mizoram]], India, and towns such as [[Thantlang]] were destroyed in the fighting.<ref name="aljazeera">{{cite news |last1=Fishbein |first1=Emily |title=Myanmar's striking civil servants: Displaced, forgotten, but holding on |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/29/myanmars-striking-civil-servants-displaced-forgotten-but-holding-on |access-date=12 November 2023 |work=Al Jazeera |date=29 August 2023}}</ref> Since the war broke out, several armed opposition groups have emerged calling themselves the Chinland Defense Force. The groups are reportedly funded by the Chin diaspora and by the [[National Unity Government of Myanmar]], an opposition government-in-exile.<ref name="Reuters">{{cite news |last1=Ghoshal |first1=Devyjot |title=Insight: In Myanmar's Chin state, a grassroots rebellion grows |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/myanmars-chin-state-grassroots-rebellion-grows-2021-12-10/ |access-date=13 November 2023 |work=Reuters |date=12 December 2021}}</ref>
Chin State, like much of Myanmar, has been deeply affected by the [[Myanmar civil war (2021–present)|Myanmar civil war]] since it broke out in 2021. Tens of thousands of Chin State residents have fled to neighboring [[Mizoram]], India, and towns such as [[Thantlang]] were destroyed in the fighting.<ref name="aljazeera">{{cite news |last1=Fishbein |first1=Emily |title=Myanmar's striking civil servants: Displaced, forgotten, but holding on |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/29/myanmars-striking-civil-servants-displaced-forgotten-but-holding-on |access-date=12 November 2023 |work=Al Jazeera |date=29 August 2023}}</ref> Since the war broke out, several armed opposition groups have emerged calling themselves the Chinland Defense Force. The groups are reportedly funded by the Chin diaspora and by the [[National Unity Government of Myanmar]], an opposition government-in-exile.<ref name="Reuters">{{cite news |last1=Ghoshal |first1=Devyjot |title=Insight: In Myanmar's Chin state, a grassroots rebellion grows |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/myanmars-chin-state-grassroots-rebellion-grows-2021-12-10/ |access-date=13 November 2023 |work=Reuters |date=12 December 2021}}</ref>


On 6 December 2023 the [[Chin National Front]] adopted a Chinland Constitution, proclaiming the state of [[Chinland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-column/the-first-chin-written-constitution-a-new-template-for-self-determination.html|website=The Irrawady|title=The First Chin-Written Constitution: A New Template For Self-Determination?|date=26 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231226164950/https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-column/the-first-chin-written-constitution-a-new-template-for-self-determination.html|archive-date=December 26, 2023}}</ref> But resistance groups from 5 townships (Falam, Kanpetlet, Matupi, Mindat, and Tedim) out of 9 townships in Chin State objected to this constitution. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Michael |date=November 1, 2024 |title=Trouble Among the Chin of Myanmar |url=https://www.csis.org/analysis/trouble-among-chin-myanmar |access-date=November 16, 2024 |website=Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)}}</ref>
On 6 December 2023 the [[Chin National Front]] adopted a Chinland Constitution, proclaiming the state of [[Chinland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-column/the-first-chin-written-constitution-a-new-template-for-self-determination.html|website=The Irrawady|title=The First Chin-Written Constitution: A New Template For Self-Determination?|date=26 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231226164950/https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-column/the-first-chin-written-constitution-a-new-template-for-self-determination.html|archive-date=December 26, 2023}}</ref> But resistance groups from 5 townships (Falam, Kanpetlet, Matupi, Mindat, and Tedim) out of 9 townships in Chin State objected to this constitution.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=Michael |date=November 1, 2024 |title=Trouble Among the Chin of Myanmar |url=https://www.csis.org/analysis/trouble-among-chin-myanmar |access-date=November 16, 2024 |website=Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)}}</ref>


==Administrative divisions==
==Administrative divisions==
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===Ethnic makeup===
===Ethnic makeup===
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The [[Chin people|Chin peoples]] make up the majority of Chin State's population, with small Rakhine and Bamar minorities. The people of Chin State are made up of many tribes which, though historically related, now speak divergent languages and have different cultural and historical identities. Some consider the name Chin an [[exonym]], given by the Burmese. Other tribes in the state include Zo, Zomi, Laimi, K'Cho, Khumi, Asho.
The [[Chin people]]s make up the majority of Chin State's population, with small Rakhine and Bamar minorities. The people of Chin State are made up of many tribes which, though historically related, now speak divergent languages and have different cultural and historical identities. Some consider the name Chin an [[exonym]], given by the Burmese. Other tribes in the state include Zo, Zomi, Laimi, K'Cho, Khumi, Asho.


After the 2014 [[Census in Myanmar]], the Burmese government indefinitely withheld release of detailed ethnicity data, citing concerns around political and social concerns surrounding the issue of ethnicity in Myanmar.<ref name=":7">{{cite book |last1=Jap |first1=Jangai |url=https://doi.org/10.31752/idea.2022.57 |title=Deciphering Myanmar's Ethnic Landscape: A Brief Historical and Ethnic Description of Myanmar's Administrative Units |last2=Courtin |first2=Constant |date=2022-11-22 |publisher=International IDEA |isbn=978-91-7671-577-2 |doi=10.31752/idea.2022.57}}</ref><ref name=":72">{{cite book |last1=Jap |first1=Jangai |url=https://doi.org/10.31752/idea.2022.57 |title=Deciphering Myanmar's Ethnic Landscape: A Brief Historical and Ethnic Description of Myanmar's Administrative Units |last2=Courtin |first2=Constant |date=2022-11-22 |publisher=International IDEA |isbn=978-91-7671-577-2 |doi=10.31752/idea.2022.57}}</ref> In 2022, researchers published an analysis of the [[General Administration Department]]'s nationwide 2018-2019 township reports to tabulate the ethnic makeup of Chin State.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PoneYate ethnic population dashboard |url=https://www.ponyate.org/ethnic-population-dashboard-740399e}}</ref><ref name=":73">{{cite book |last1=Jap |first1=Jangai |url=https://doi.org/10.31752/idea.2022.57 |title=Deciphering Myanmar's Ethnic Landscape: A Brief Historical and Ethnic Description of Myanmar's Administrative Units |last2=Courtin |first2=Constant |date=2022-11-22 |publisher=International IDEA |isbn=978-91-7671-577-2 |doi=10.31752/idea.2022.57}}</ref>
After the 2014 [[Census in Myanmar]], the Burmese government indefinitely withheld release of detailed ethnicity data, citing concerns around political and social concerns surrounding the issue of ethnicity in Myanmar.<ref name=":73">{{cite book |last1=Jap |first1=Jangai |url=https://doi.org/10.31752/idea.2022.57 |title=Deciphering Myanmar's Ethnic Landscape: A Brief Historical and Ethnic Description of Myanmar's Administrative Units |last2=Courtin |first2=Constant |date=2022-11-22 |publisher=International IDEA |isbn=978-91-7671-577-2 |doi=10.31752/idea.2022.57}}</ref> In 2022, researchers published an analysis of the [[General Administration Department]]'s nationwide 2018-2019 township reports to tabulate the ethnic makeup of Chin State.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PoneYate ethnic population dashboard |url=https://www.ponyate.org/ethnic-population-dashboard-740399e}}</ref><ref name=":73"/>


===Religion===
===Religion===
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| caption = Religion in Chin (2014)<ref name="TUR">{{cite book | url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B067GBtstE5TSl9FNElRRGtvMUk | title=The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census Census Report Volume 2-C | publisher=Department of Population Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population MYANMAR | author=Department of Population Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population MYANMAR | date=July 2016 | pages=12–15}}</ref>
| caption = Religion in Chin (2014)<ref name="TUR">{{cite book | url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B067GBtstE5TSl9FNElRRGtvMUk | title=The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census Census Report Volume 2-C | publisher=Department of Population Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population MYANMAR | author=Department of Population Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population MYANMAR | date=July 2016 | pages=12–15}}</ref>
| title =  
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| label1 = [[File:Christian cross.svg|10px]] [[Christianity]]
| label1 = [[Christianity]]
| value1 = 91.6
| value1 = 85.4
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| label2 = [[Buddhism]]
| label2 = [[Buddhism]]
| value2 = 6.1
| value2 = 13.0
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| color2 = Yellow
| label3 = Tribal ([[Animism]])
| label3 = Tribal ([[Animism]])
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| label5 = [[File:Allah-green.svg|10px]] [[Islam]]
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}}According to the [[2014 Myanmar Census]], [[Christianity|Christians]] make up the vast majority of Chin State's population, at 91.6%.<ref name="TUR2">{{cite book|author=|url=https://www.dop.gov.mm/sites/dop.gov.mm/files/publication_docs/union_2-c_religion_en_0.pdf|title=The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census Census Report Volume 2-C|publisher=Department of Population Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population|date=July 2016|pages=12–15}}</ref> Minority religious communities include [[Buddhism|Buddhists]] (6.1%), [[Islam]] (0.1%), [[Hinduism|Hindus]] (0.0%), and [[Pau Cin Hau|Animism and other religions]] (~2.2), including adherents of [[Pau Cin Hau]], who collectively comprise the remainder of Chin State's population.<ref name="TUR2" /> 74 people listed no religion, or other religions, or were otherwise not enumerated.<ref name="TUR2" /> Chin State is the only state in Myanmar with a majority Christian population.<ref>{{cite news|date=29 December 2012|title=Laipian Pa Ni kibawl|work=ZomiDaily|publisher=[[archive.is]]|url=http://www.zomidaily.com/news/zomi-news/14750-laipian-pa-ni-kibawl|url-status=dead|access-date=18 November 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121231181802/http://www.zomidaily.com/news/zomi-news/14750-laipian-pa-ni-kibawl|archive-date=31 December 2012}}</ref>
}}According to the [[2014 Myanmar Census]], [[Christianity|Christians]] make up the vast majority of Chin State's population, at 85.4%. Minority religious communities include [[Buddhism|Buddhists]] (13.0%), [[Islam]] (0.1%), [[Hinduism|Hindus]] (0.0%), and [[Pau Cin Hau|Animism and other religions]] (~2.2), including adherents of [[Pau Cin Hau]], who collectively comprise the remainder of Chin State's population. 74 people listed no religion, or other religions, or were otherwise not enumerated.<ref name="TUR2">{{cite book |author= |url=https://www.dop.gov.mm/sites/dop.gov.mm/files/publication_docs/union_2-c_religion_en_0.pdf |title=The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census Census Report Volume 2-C |date=July 2016 |publisher=Department of Population Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population |pages=12–15}}</ref> Chin State is the only state in Myanmar with a majority Christian population.<ref>{{cite news|date=29 December 2012|title=Laipian Pa Ni kibawl|work=ZomiDaily|publisher=[[archive.is]]|url=http://www.zomidaily.com/news/zomi-news/14750-laipian-pa-ni-kibawl|url-status=dead|access-date=18 November 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121231181802/http://www.zomidaily.com/news/zomi-news/14750-laipian-pa-ni-kibawl|archive-date=31 December 2012}}</ref>


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! Religious<br />group
! Religious<br />group
! Population <br />% 1983<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ministry of Homes |first=& Religious Affairs |title=1983 Population Census, Chin State |url=https://www.dop.gov.mm/sites/dop.gov.mm/files/publication_docs/1983_chin_census_report.pdf |access-date=18 March 2025}}</ref>
! Population <br />% 1983<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ministry of Homes |first=& Religious Affairs |title=1983 Population Census, Chin State |url=https://www.dop.gov.mm/sites/dop.gov.mm/files/publication_docs/1983_chin_census_report.pdf |access-date=18 March 2025}}</ref>
! Population % 2014<ref name="TUR"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Myanmar |first=Govt. |title=The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census, The Union Report: Religion |url=https://myanmar.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/UNION_2C_Religion_EN.pdf |access-date=18 March 2025 |page=Volume 2-C page7}}</ref>
! Population % 2014<ref name="TUR"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Myanmar |first=Govt. |title=The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census, The Union Report: Religion |url=https://myanmar.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/UNION_2C_Religion_EN.pdf |access-date=18 March 2025 |page=Volume 2-C page7}}</ref>
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! style="background:DodgerBlue;"| Christianity
! style="background:DodgerBlue;"| Christianity
| 72.7% || 91.6%
| 72.7% || 85.4%
|-
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! style="background:Yellow;"| Buddhism
! style="background:Yellow;"| Buddhism
| 10.8% || 6.1%
| 10.8% || 13.0%
|-
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! style="background:Gray;"| Tribal  
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! style="background: Brown;"| Others  
! style="background: Brown;"| Others  
| 2.2% || 1.8%
| 2.2% || 1.1%
|-
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! style="background:Orange;"| Hinduism
! style="background:Orange;"| Hinduism
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== References ==
== References ==
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{{Incubator|code=cnh|language=Hakha-Chin}}
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
==Sources==
*{{cite book |last=Pau |first=Pum Khan |date=2020 |title=Indo-Burma Frontier and the Making of the Chin Hills |location=London |publisher=Routeledge |isbn=9780429324703}}


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Myanmar_states.html WorldStatesman – Myanmar – States of Burma 1948–1974]
{{Incubator|code=lus|language=Mizo}}
{{Incubator|code=cnh|language=Hakha-Chin}}
*For more cultural information about the Chin see [[F.K. Lehman]]. 1963. ''The Structure of Chin Society;: A Tribal People of Burma Adapted to a Non-Western Civilization''. University of Illinois Press.
*For more cultural information about the Chin see [[F.K. Lehman]]. 1963. ''The Structure of Chin Society;: A Tribal People of Burma Adapted to a Non-Western Civilization''. University of Illinois Press.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20171011013832/http://www.stavangerchin.no/ Stavanger Chin Organization]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20171011013832/http://www.stavangerchin.no/ Stavanger Chin Organization]

Latest revision as of 13:11, 22 December 2025

Template:Short description Script error: No such module "For". Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "Settlement short description".Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters".Expression error: Unexpected < operator. Template:Contains special characters Chin State (Template:MYname, Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a state in western Myanmar. Chin State is bordered by Sagaing Division and Magway Division to the east, Rakhine State to the south, the Chattogram Division of Bangladesh to the west, and the Indian states of Mizoram to the west and Manipur to the north. The population of Chin State is about 488,801 according to the 2014 census, and its capital city is Hakha.[1]

The state is named after the Chin people, an ethnic group native to Chin State and neighboring Rakhine State. Much of the state is mountainous and sparsely populated, with few transportation links and low levels of economic development. It also has Myanmar's highest poverty rate, at 58%, according to a 2017 report.[2]

As of November 2025, ethnic Chin resistance forces, such as the Chin National Army and the Chin National Defence Force maintains de facto control over approximately 80 percent of Chin State, encompassing most of its townships.[3]

History

Early history

Situated in the remote hilly region of the Chin Hills, Chin State was traditionally autonomous and far from their neighboring powers like Burman kingdoms in the east and Indian states in the west to reach.[4] Until the British advancement in the region, independent city-states such as Ciimnuai (Chinwe/Chin Nwe) later shifted to Tedim and Vangteh in the north,[5] Tlaisun (also recorded as Tashon) and Rallang in the mid-land, and Hakha, Thantlang and Zokhua (Yokwa) in the south played important political role in securing peace of the region,[6] and each city-state practised its own independent sovereignty in their own rights.

20th century

Upon Burma's independence from the United Kingdom in 1948, the Chin Hills Special Division was created, with its capital at Falam. Hakha later became the capital. However, three townships that are today part of present-day Chin State (Mindat, Kanpetlet and Matupi) were previously part of the Pakokku Hill Tracts of Pakokku District and Paletwa Township of the Arakan Hill Tracts, until 4 January 1974. On this date, the Chin Hills Special Division was granted state status and became Chin State.[7]

"Chin National Day" is designated on 20 February to commemorate the "General Assembly of Chinland" held in 1948.[8] The first celebration of Chin National Day was held in 1951, but it was not recognized by the Myanmar government until the 2010s.[9]

Myanmar civil war

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Chin State, like much of Myanmar, has been deeply affected by the Myanmar civil war since it broke out in 2021. Tens of thousands of Chin State residents have fled to neighboring Mizoram, India, and towns such as Thantlang were destroyed in the fighting.[10] Since the war broke out, several armed opposition groups have emerged calling themselves the Chinland Defense Force. The groups are reportedly funded by the Chin diaspora and by the National Unity Government of Myanmar, an opposition government-in-exile.[11]

On 6 December 2023 the Chin National Front adopted a Chinland Constitution, proclaiming the state of Chinland.[12] But resistance groups from 5 townships (Falam, Kanpetlet, Matupi, Mindat, and Tedim) out of 9 townships in Chin State objected to this constitution.[13]

Administrative divisions

File:Chin state district map 2022.svg
Districts of Chin State 2022

Hakha District was formed by the first Chin State Hluttaw emergency meeting No. 2/2012 on 1 June.[14] Matupi District was formed by the second Pyidaungsu Hluttaw regular meeting on 28 June 2017.[15][16]

Government

Executive

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Legislature

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Economy

Chin State has little infrastructure and remains undeveloped with over 70% of its population living below the poverty line.[17]

Chin State is Myanmar's largest producer of konjac (elephant foot yam) with an estimated annual output exceeding 250,000 tonnes.[18]

Demographics

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Ethnic makeup

Ethnic composition of Chin State
Ethnic group Percentage
Chin
 
 95.7%
Rakhine
 
 3.4%
Bamar
 
 0.8%
Other
 
 0.1%
Source: 2019 GAD township reports

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The Chin peoples make up the majority of Chin State's population, with small Rakhine and Bamar minorities. The people of Chin State are made up of many tribes which, though historically related, now speak divergent languages and have different cultural and historical identities. Some consider the name Chin an exonym, given by the Burmese. Other tribes in the state include Zo, Zomi, Laimi, K'Cho, Khumi, Asho.

After the 2014 Census in Myanmar, the Burmese government indefinitely withheld release of detailed ethnicity data, citing concerns around political and social concerns surrounding the issue of ethnicity in Myanmar.[19] In 2022, researchers published an analysis of the General Administration Department's nationwide 2018-2019 township reports to tabulate the ethnic makeup of Chin State.[20][19]

Religion

Template:Pie chartAccording to the 2014 Myanmar Census, Christians make up the vast majority of Chin State's population, at 85.4%. Minority religious communities include Buddhists (13.0%), Islam (0.1%), Hindus (0.0%), and Animism and other religions (~2.2), including adherents of Pau Cin Hau, who collectively comprise the remainder of Chin State's population. 74 people listed no religion, or other religions, or were otherwise not enumerated.[21] Chin State is the only state in Myanmar with a majority Christian population.[22]

Religious
group 		Population
% 1983[23] 		Population % 2014[24][25]
Christianity 72.7% 85.4%
Buddhism 10.8% 13.0%
Tribal 14.2% 0.4%
Others 2.2% 1.1%
Hinduism 0.0% 0.0%
Islam 0.1% 0.1%

Education

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According to official statistics,[26] Chin State had 25 high schools in 2003.

References

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  4. ↑ B. S. Carey & H. N. Tuck, The Chin Hills: A History of the People, our dealings with them, their Customs and Manners, and a Gazetteer of their Country, vol. 1 (Rangoon, Burma: Government Printing, 1896), 12–33.
  5. ↑ Ngul Lian Zam (Guite), "Mualthum Kampau Guite Hausate Tangthu" (Amazon/CreateSpace, United States, 2018), 77–152 Template:ISBN.
  6. ↑ Carey & Tuck, The Chin Hills 1, 17–18, 23–24.
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