 Hence, both "Tipaimukh" and "Ruonglevaisuo" refer to the confluence of the Tuivai and Ruongnau rivers at this location.The majority of the people inhabiting Tipaimukh are the indigenous Hmar people who are spread in large numbers in neighbouring Indian states of Mizoram, Assam, Tripura and Meghalaya.The Hmars are one of the recognised Scheduled Tribes of India since the 1950s.