North East Day 29|100 days challenge in North East|100 Years Old Darchawi Tribal Village Of Survival

Darchawi Tribal Village Tripura. Darchawi is a village in Kumarghat Subdivision under Unakoti district of Tripura state in India. Mainly inhabited by the Darlong people of Tripura, it is also the headquarters of Kailashahar Baptist Christian Association. It has a Bengali medium senior basic school and an English medium school, "Darchawi Christian High School" established in 1974. Oranges were cultivated until the year 1937 AD. It was said that each tree bore fruits so abundantly that trees could not sustain without support. They were commercially grown for traders mainly from Kailashahar. The dependency of the villagers on jhum cultivation immediately stopped. The cultivation of pineapple started from 1937 AD. The production was around 2 million units per annum during the peak production years between 1955 AD and 1982 AD. There was huge wastage due to insufficient processing technologies during that period. Pineapple cultivation has contributed much to their well being and improved quality of life. In recent years, a majority of the population of the village has switched over to rubber plantations. Education has also brought a major transition in the day to day activities of the village people since a major population are engaged in government and public services for their livelihood and well-being.