Khenman is a

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village on the boundary of

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

and

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...

. Majority of the local population belongs to the Zomi community. Other communities include

Tedim Tedim (, , ( Zo: ''Tedim Khawpi'', pronounced ; is a town in and the administrative seat of Tedim Township, Chin State, in the north-western part of Burma. It is the second largest town in Chin State. The town's four major boroughs (''vengte'') a ...

(

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), Paite.

Ruins of World War II

Constructed during World War II, the Tedim road passes through this village, and it connects the Indian city of

Imphal Imphal ( Meitei pronunciation: /im.pʰal/; English pronunciation: ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Manipur. The metropolitan centre of the city contains the ruins of Kangla Palace (also known as Kangla Fort), the royal seat of the fo ...

and the Burmese town of

. A contingent of the

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took this road which was then still under construction. So, the Allied Forces destroyed some bridges on the Tedim road in order to check the advance of the Japanese troops. Ruins of British built bridges still remain near Behiang and surrounding villages like

Tonzang Tonzang(တွန်းဇန်) is a town, located in northern Chin State, western side of Myanmar. Tonzang is at about 37 miles north-eastern of Tedim town. The people who live in Tonzang are called Zo and Zomi. They speak Zo, Zomi and Burmese ...

and Zangnuam.

Border Trade Centre Approved By Union Government

Khenman is the nearest Burmese village from Behiang. For a number of decades, a brisk border trade has been carried out unofficially at this border village. Despite its potential, this bazaar village still lacks the

infrastructure Infrastructure is the set of facilities and systems that serve a country, city, or other area, and encompasses the services and facilities necessary for its economy, households and firms to function. Infrastructure is composed of public and priv ...

to develop into a booming commercial town. Aimed at boosting the Indo-Myanmar border trade, the Central Government of India had approved the setting up of an Integrated Check Post (ICP) at Behiang on 27 May 2012. On October 3, 2012, the State's Minister of Commerce and Industry, Konthoujam Govindas and the MLA of Singngat, GS Haupu accompanied by officials visited Behiang to ascertain land availability for the construction of the proposed Border Trade Center which is also part of the Union Government's Look East Policy. The visiting team has finalized a land area of 10 acres for the construction of the trade centre.

Local Economy

Khenman is a border town next to

Behiang Behiang is a border village in Manipur, India on the boundary with Burma. With roughly 1,000 size population, this village snakes for about 2 km. along the Tedim road. Majority of the local population belongs to the Thangkhal/Zou community. ...

and people live off the Indo-Burma border trade.

External links

Kehnman pictures

References

{{Border Crossings of Myanmar India–Myanmar border crossings