The man with 39 wives, 94 children, 33 grandchildren and 14 daugher-in-law
The Ziona family in its entirety with all 181 members
The head of the family and leader of the Ziona Chana is 66-year-old. Ziona Chana lives with all of them in a 100-room, four storey house set amidst the hills of Baktwang village. He keeps the youngest women near to his bedroom with the older members of the family sleeping further away. Rinkmini, one of Mr Chana's wives who is 35 years old, said: 'We stay around him as he is the most important person in the house. He is the most handsome person in the village. The oldest wife Zathiangi organising her fellow partners to perform household chores such as cleaning, washing and preparing meals. One evening meal can see them pluck 30 chickens, peel 132lb of potatoes and boil up to 220lb of rice. Another of his wives, said the entire family gets along well. The family system is reportedly based on 'mutual love and respect'. Mr Chana told the Sun: 'Today I feel like God's special child. He's given me so many people to look after. 'I consider myself a lucky man to be the husband of 39 women and head of the world's largest family.' All the men of the family work as carpenters.
Mr Chana is not finished yet. “To expand my family, I am willing to go even to the United States to marry” he proudly says
his 39 wives at their home in Baktawng
With 100 rooms, the Ziona mansion is the biggest concrete structure in the hilly village of Baktawng in Mizoram, India
The senior ladies of the Chana family show what it takes just to make a meal
Shared bedroom: A look inside the four-storey mansion, Chhuanthar Run - The House of the New Generation
The Ziona family in its entirety with all 181 members
The head of the family and leader of the Ziona Chana is 66-year-old. Ziona Chana lives with all of them in a 100-room, four storey house set amidst the hills of Baktwang village. He keeps the youngest women near to his bedroom with the older members of the family sleeping further away. Rinkmini, one of Mr Chana's wives who is 35 years old, said: 'We stay around him as he is the most important person in the house. He is the most handsome person in the village. The oldest wife Zathiangi organising her fellow partners to perform household chores such as cleaning, washing and preparing meals. One evening meal can see them pluck 30 chickens, peel 132lb of potatoes and boil up to 220lb of rice. Another of his wives, said the entire family gets along well. The family system is reportedly based on 'mutual love and respect'. Mr Chana told the Sun: 'Today I feel like God's special child. He's given me so many people to look after. 'I consider myself a lucky man to be the husband of 39 women and head of the world's largest family.' All the men of the family work as carpenters.
Mr Chana is not finished yet. “To expand my family, I am willing to go even to the United States to marry” he proudly says
his 39 wives at their home in Baktawng
With 100 rooms, the Ziona mansion is the biggest concrete structure in the hilly village of Baktawng in Mizoram, India
The senior ladies of the Chana family show what it takes just to make a meal
Shared bedroom: A look inside the four-storey mansion, Chhuanthar Run - The House of the New Generation
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