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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Leithum
| settlement_type         = village
| image_skyline           =
| image_alt               =
| image_caption           =
| etymology               =
| pushpin_map             = India Mizoram#India
| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in Mizoram, India
| pushpin_map1            = India
| pushpin_map_caption1    = Location in India
| coordinates             = {{coord|23.2406064|N|93.2677928|E|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes   =
| subdivision_type        = Country
| subdivision_name        = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Mizoram]]
| subdivision_type2       = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[Champhai district|Champhai]]
| subdivision_type3       = [[Block (district subdivision)|Block]]
| subdivision_name3       = [[Khawbung]]
| established_title       =
| established_date        =
| founder                 =
| seat_type               = [[Panchayat]]
| seat                    =
| leader_party            =
| leader_title            =
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| unit_pref               = Metric
| area_total_km2          =
| elevation_m             = 1361
| population_as_of        = 2011
| population_total        = 546
| population_density_km2  = auto
| population_demonym      =
| timezone1               = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1             = +5:30
| postal_code_type        = <!-- [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] -->
| postal_code             =
| area_code_type          = <!-- [[Telephone numbers in India|STD Code]] -->
| area_code               =
| blank_name_sec1         = [[2011 Census of India|2011 census]] code
| blank_info_sec1         = 271361
| footnotes               =
}}
'''Leithum''' is a village in the [[Champhai district]] of [[Mizoram]], [[India]]. It is located in the [[Khawbung]] [[Block (district subdivision)|R.D. Block]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dolr.nic.in/dolr/mpr/revenuevillagedirectorypdf/Mizoram.pdf |title=Mizoram villages |publisher=Land Records Information Systems Division, NIC |accessdate=2015-08-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140806123151/http://dolr.nic.in/dolr/mpr/revenuevillagedirectorypdf/Mizoram.pdf |archive-date=6 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Demographics ==
According to the [[2011 census of India]], Leithum has 108 households. The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 95.26%.<ref name="census_2011"/>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Demographics (2011 Census)<ref name="census_2011">{{cite web |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/1504_PART_B_DCHB_CHAMPHAI.pdf |title=District Census Handbook - Champhai |work=[[2011 Census of India]] |publisher=Directorate of Census Operations, Mizoram |accessdate=2015-08-22 }}</ref>
! !! Total !! Male !! Female
|-
| Population || 546 || 269 || 277
|-
| Children aged below 6 years || 82 || 40 || 42
|-
| [[Scheduled caste]] || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| [[Scheduled tribe]] || 538 || 264 || 274
|-
| Literates || 442 || 224 || 218
|-
| Workers (all) || 269 || 154 || 115
|-
| Main workers (total) || 269 || 154 || 115
|-
| Main workers: Cultivators || 237 || 128 || 109
|-
| Main workers: Agricultural labourers || 1 || 1 || 0
|-
| Main workers: Household industry workers || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| Main workers: Other || 31 || 25 || 6
|-
| Marginal workers (total) || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| Marginal workers: Cultivators || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| Marginal workers: Household industry workers || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| Marginal workers: Others || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| Non-workers || 277 || 115 || 162
|}
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{Champhai district}}
[[Category:Villages in Khawbung block]]
{{Mizoram-geo-stub}}