Local businesses in Aizawl
Listed in OpenStreetMap within 3.5 km of the city centre.
- Restaurants and cafes: 10
- LR Cafe; Gracie's cafe; cafeenn; delicious local food; Baskin Robins; Pizza Hut; KFC; Domino's
- Hotels and lodges: 15
- 1998 Homestay; Hotel Millennium; Tourist Lodge; Ebenezer boys hostel; Riakmaw Inn; Travellers Inn; Hotel Regency; Hotel chief; Hotel sangchia; Hotel Chief
- Attractions and museums: 1
- Mizoram State Museum
- Places of worship: 43
- Chaltlang Salvation Church; Khatla Presbyterian Church; Chaltlang South Presbyterian Church; Electric Veng Presbyterian Church; Khatla South Vengthar Presbyterian Church; Pushpak Gurudwara; Electric Vengthlang Pressbyterian Church; Khatla South Presbyterian Church; Zarkawt Presbyterian Church; Zonuam Baptist Church
- Parks and stadiums: 17
- Republic veng field; College veng field; Ramhlun Sports Complex; PUC playground; Aizawl City Park; Hrangchhuana Field; Chawnpui Indoor Stadium; Chite Sport Complex; Joint YMA Field; Rajiv Gandhi Stadium
Aizawl facts
- District
- Aizawl district
- Population, 2011 Census
- 2,93,416
- Area
- about 457 sq km, about 1132 m above sea level
- PIN codes
- 796001 (Aizawl)
- Places nearby
- Aizwal Mosque (mosque, 1 km), Lammual Stadium (football stadium, 1 km), Mizoram State Museum (ethnographic museum, 1 km), Mizoram Presbyterian Church Synod (largest Christian Denomination, 2 km)
- History
- Aizawl comes from the Mizo words ai, meaning cardamom, and zawl, meaning flatland, so roughly the field of cardamom.
- Local economy
- Aizawl is the commercial centre of Mizoram, and its economy is mostly services: education, public administration, tourism and trade. The surrounding region grows rice, maize, pineapples, oranges and bananas, and bamboo, cane and forest-based handicrafts and handloom units provide local income.
- Geography
- Aizawl sits on a hill ridge at about 1,132 m above sea level, with steep slopes.
Sources: Census of India 2011, Wikipedia, Wikidata, India Post and OpenStreetMap. Last checked 14 October 2026.