[1] In August 1897, the missionary David Evan Jones visited the Lushai Hills.

He came to Lunglei for Christmas of that year, spending the season in the hamlet of Pukpui.

[2][3] Sufficient Christian influence remained in the area that during World War II, inhabitants of the village held prayer services in churches.

[4] According to the 2011 census Lunglei district has a population of 161,428, roughly equal to the nation of Saint Lucia.

The district has a population density of 36 inhabitants per square kilometre (93/sq mi).