District-wise Sericulture Farmers in Mizoram, 2024-25:
District | Mulberry | Eri | Muga | Oak-Tasar | Total |
Aizawl | 383 | 121 | 152 | - | 656 |
Lunglei | 720 | 152 | 171 | - | 1043 |
Siaha | - | 18 | 418 | - | 436 |
Champhai | 225 | 134 | 46 | 4 | 409 |
Kolasib | 22 | 120 | 169 | - | 311 |
Serchhip | 90 | 63 | 90 | - | 243 |
Lawngtlai | 145 | 110 | 59 | - | 214 |
Mamit | 67 | 457 | 68 | - | 592 |
Saitual | 112 | 30 | 46 | - | 188 |
Khawzawl | 428 | 139 | 39 | - | 606 |
Hnahthial | 161 | 169 | 203 | - | 533 |
Total | 2353 | 1513 | 1461 | 4 | 5331 |
Source: Economic Survey of Mizoram 2024-25
Silk Production Trends in Mizoram, 2019-20 to 2023-24:
Sl. No. | Variety | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 |
I | Mulberry plantation (ha) | 1679 | 1658 | 1658 | 1090 | 1090 |
II | Mulberry silk (MT) |
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| Bivoltine | 73 | 33 | 39 | 54 | 52 |
| Cross breed | 20 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 17 |
| Mulberry total | 93 | 37 | 50 | 70 | 68 |
III | Vanya silk (MT) |
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| Oak tasar | 0.15 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Eri | 8 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 11 |
| Muga | 2.4 | 0.3 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Vanya total | 10 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 15 |
| Grand total | 104 | 43 | 59 | 84 | 84 |
Source: Seri-States of India 2024- A Profile
District-wise Status of Sericulture in Mizoram during 2023-24:
District | Mulberry | Vanya | |||
Area under plantation (ha) | Raw silk production (MT) | Tasar silk production (MT) | Eri silk production (MT) | Muga silk production (MT) | |
Aizawl | 210 | 12 | - | 1 | 0.3 |
Lunglei | 306 | 22 | - | 1 | 0.6 |
Saiha | - | - | - | - | 2 |
Champhai | 129 | 7 | 0.006 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
Kolasib | 12 | 1 | - | 1 | 0.5 |
Serchhip | 44 | 3 | - | 0.7 | 0.3 |
Lawngtlai | 26 | 2 | - | 0.1 | 0.2 |
Mamit | 29 | 2 | - | 5 | 0.1 |
Saitual | 50 | 4 | - | 0.3 | 0.02 |
Khawzawl | 217 | 9 | - | 0.5 | 0.2 |
Hnahthial | 66 | 5 | - | 0.8 | 0.04 |
Total | 1090 | 68 | 0.006 | 11 | 4 |
Source: Seri-States of India 2024- A Profile
Number of Sericulture Villages, Families engaged in Sericulture, Area under Sericulture Plantation and number of Seri-Farms, 2013-14 to 2022-23:
Year | No. of Sericulture Villages | No. of Families engaged in Sericulture activities | Area under Sericulture Plantation (Ha.) | No. of Sericulture Govt. Farms |
2013-14 | 176 | 5,058 | 1,207 | 17 |
2014-15 | 176 | 5,054 | 1,498 | 17 |
2015-16 | 176 | 5,054 | 1,556 | 17 |
2016-17 | 176 | 3,880 | 1,556.00 | 17 |
2017-18 | 209 | 5,135 | 1,658.07 | 17 |
2018-19 | 209 | 5,651 | 2,313.23 | 17 |
2019-20 | 209 | 5,751 | 2,354.46 | 17 |
2020-21 | 209 | 5,751 | 2,354.46 | 18 |
2021-22 | 211 | 4,546 | 2,129.45 | 19 |
2022-23 | 211 | 4,546 | 2,125.00 | 19 |
Source: Statistical Abstract of Mizoram 2023
District-wise Number of Sericulture Villages, Families engaged in Sericulture, Area under Sericulture Plantation and number of Seri-Farms, 2022-23:
District | No. of Sericulture Villages | No. of Families engaged in Sericulture activities | Area under Sericulture Plantation (Ha.) | No. of Sericulture Govt. Farms |
Mamit | 35 | 767 | 325.77 | 1 |
Kolasib | 13 | 440 | 178.06 | 4 |
Aizawl | 20 | 576 | 235.52 | 5 |
Champhai | 14 | 338 | 131.92 | 2 |
Serchhip | 10 | 193 | 85.79 | 2 |
Lunglei | 49 | 1,106 | 702.12 | 2 |
Lawngtlai | 9 | 66 | 26.70 | 0 |
Siaha | 21 | 400 | 161.87 | 1 |
Saitual | 15 | 185 | 84.98 | 1 |
Khawzawl | 14 | 90 | 155.85 | 0 |
Hnahthial | 11 | 385 | 36.42 | 1 |
Mizoram | 211 | 4,546 | 2,125.00 | 19 |
Source: Statistical Abstract of Mizoram 2023
District-wise Number of Sericulture Villages, Families engaged in Sericulture, Area under Sericulture Plantation and number of Seri-Farms, 2020-21 and 2021-22:
District | No. of Sericulture Village | No. of Families engaged in Sericulture activities | Area under Sericulture Plantation (Ha) | No. of Sericulture Farm | ||||
2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | |
Mamit | 12 | 35 | 472 | 767 | 194.362 | 325.772 | 2 | 1 |
Kolasib | 19 | 13 | 499 | 440 | 205.288 | 178.062 | 4 | 4 |
Aizawl | 31 | 20 | 1,211 | 576 | 444.596 | 233.099 | 4 | 5 |
Champhai | 19 | 14 | 651 | 338 | 328.440 | 136.784 | 2 | 2 |
Serchhip | 17 | 10 | 460 | 193 | 189.825 | 86.603 | 2 | 2 |
Lunglei | 61 | 49 | 1,103 | 1,106 | 435.900 | 703.344 | 1 | 2 |
Lawngtlai | 11 | 9 | 398 | 66 | 164.415 | 26.709 | 0 | 0 |
Siaha | 2 | 21 | 317 | 400 | 131.635 | 161.874 | 1 | 1 |
Saitual | 14 | 15 | 250 | 185 | 150.000 | 84.984 | 1 | 1 |
Hnahthial | 8 | 11 | 40 | 90 | 30.000 | 36.422 | 1 | 1 |
Khawzawl | 15 | 14 | 350 | 385 | 80.000 | 155.804 | 0 | 0 |
Mizoram | 209 | 211 | 5,751 | 4,546 | 2,354.461 | 2,129.456 | 18 | 19 |
Source: Statistical Handbook Mizoram 2022
Production of Cocoons, Raw Silk and Seeds Distribution, 2013-14 to 2022-23:
Year | Production of Cocoons | Silk Yarn (MT) | No. of Seeds distributed to farm (in '000) | |||
Mulberry (MT) | Muga (lakh) | Eri (MT) | Oak Tasar (lakh) | |||
2013-14 | 340.00 | 0.31 | 5.00 | 0.35 | 37.43 | 833 |
2014-15 | 351.24 | 5.73 | 11.90 | 1.04 | 49.78 | 800 |
2015-16 | 549.43 | 6.97 | 11.00 | 0.32 | 63.90 | 1,329 |
2016-17 | 625.86 | 15.55 | 13.24 | 0.95 | 75.85 | 1,429 |
2017-18 | 707.17 | 31.75 | 9.75 | 3.40 | 83.60 | NA |
2018-19 | 735.92 | 40.00 | 9.82 | 3.50 | 91.98 | 18.43 |
2019-20 | 809.13 | 147.06 | 9.65 | 9.40 | 103.55 | 22.37 |
2020-21 | 323.29 | 17.80 | 6.55 | 0.02 | 43.02 | 8.09 |
2021-22 | 434.26 | 119.83 | 8.02 | 1.52 | 58.98 | 13.30 |
2022-23 | 604.02 | 209.41 | 13.43 | 0.4 | 84.04 | 19.73 |
Source: Statistical Abstract of Mizoram 2023
District-wise Production of Cocoons, Raw Silk and Seeds Distribution, 2022-23:
Year | Production of Cocoons | Silk Yarn (MT) | No. of Seeds distributed to farm (in '000) | |||
Mulberry (MT) | Muga (lakh) | Eri (MT) | Oak Tasar (lakh) | |||
Mamit | 16.48 | 12.2 | 7.38 | 0 | 7.79 | 1.49 |
Kolasib | 13.10 | 11.2 | 2.88 | 0 | 4.27 | 0.88 |
Aizawl | 118.08 | 21.6 | 0.17 | 0 | 14.09 | 3.09 |
Champhai | 67.16 | 12.00 | 0.09 | 0.4 | 7.99 | 1.76 |
Serchhip | 27.54 | 16.00 | 0.05 | 0 | 3.51 | 0.99 |
Lunglei | 198.42 | 32.00 | 2.16 | 0 | 19.58 | 5.29 |
Lawngtlai | 13.89 | 13.60 | 0.14 | 0 | 1.93 | 0.65 |
Siaha | 0 | 78.8 | 0.00 | 0 | 1.31 | 1.97 |
Saitual | 39 | 3.6 | 0.34 | 0 | 4.60 | 0.97 |
Khawzawl | 96.63 | 6.81 | 0.33 | 0 | 1.71 | 2.30 |
Hnahthial | 13.4 | 1.6 | 0.18 | 0 | 17.26 | 0.34 |
Mizoram | 604.02 | 209.41 | 13.43 | 0.4 | 84.04 | 19.73 |
Source: Statistical Abstract of Mizoram 2023
District-wise Production of Cocoons, Raw Silk and Seeds Distribution, 2020-21 and 2021-22:
District | Cocoon Production | Raw Silk Yarn (MT) | ||||||||
Mulberry (MT) | Muga (Lakhs) | Eri (MT) | Oak Tasar (lakhs) | |||||||
2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | |
Mamit | 35.56 | 95.54 | 2.15 | 1.16 | 1.18 | 1.83 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.096 | 12.49 |
Kolasib | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.62 | 2.49 | 1.70 | 1.74 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.431 | 1.43 |
Aizawl | 54.98 | 47.77 | 1.42 | 19.16 | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.475 | 5.95 |
Champhai | 155.18 | 81.21 | 7.65 | 11.96 | 0.39 | 0.14 | 1.36 | 1.52 | 18.453 | 9.68 |
Serchhip | 9.69 | 7.38 | 1.78 | 7.16 | 0.00 | 2.61 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.189 | 3.06 |
Lunglei | 64.65 | 49.94 | 0.18 | 27.92 | 1.38 | 1.57 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.598 | 7.47 |
Lawngtlai | 3.23 | 6.51 | 0.00 | 3.56 | 1.77 | 0.24 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.780 | 1.00 |
Siaha | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 0.00 |
Saitual | 0.00 | 11.29 | 0.00 | 35.96 | 0.00 | 0.19 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 2.05 |
Hnahthial | 0.00 | 21.71 | 0.00 | 5.96 | 0.00 | 0.22 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 2.78 |
Khawzawl | 0.00 | 112.91 | 0.00 | 4.76 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 13.10 |
Mizoram | 323.29 | 434.27 | 17.80 | 119.84 | 6.55 | 8.28 | 1.36 | 1.52 | 43.022 | 59.01 |
Source: Statistical Handbook Mizoram 2022