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State
Area (Sq. Km.) |
16,579
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State
Capital |
Kohima
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Major
Language(s) |
Angami, Ao, Chang, Konyak, Lotha, Sangtam, Sema, Chakhesang
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Number
of Districts |
8
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Population |
1,988,636
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Males |
1,041,686
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Females |
946,950
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Growth
Rate 1991-2001 |
64.41
%
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Density |
120
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Urban Population |
17.74
%
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Sex Ratio (Females per 1000 Males) |
909
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Literacy Rate |
67.11
%
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Males |
71.77
%
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Females |
61.92
%
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Legislature |
Legislative
Assembly
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Judicature |
High Court,
Guwahati
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Governor |
Shri K. Sankaranarayan
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Address |
Raj
Bhawan, Kohima |
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Office No. |
0370 -
2222906, 2222942 |
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Residence
No. |
0370 -
2221354 |
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Fax |
= |
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email |
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Chief Minister |
Sri Neiphiu Rio
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Address |
Chief
Minister Niwas, Kohima |
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Office No. |
0370 -
2222171, 2270097 |
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Residence
No. |
0370 -
2241734
-2241735 |
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Fax |
0370 -
2243163 |
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email |
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Chief Secretary |
Shri Lalhuma |
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Address |
Kohima-791001 |
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Office No. |
(0370)
– 2270082, (0370) - 2270076 |
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Residence
No. |
0370 -
2242983 |
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Fax |
0370 -
2270057 |
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email |
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General
Information
Nagaland is a state in the north-eastern part of India. It borders the Indian states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur and the country Myanmar. The state capital is Kohima. Nagaland is divided into 7 administrative districts. About 84 percent of the population belongs to 16 Naga tribes, an Indo-Mongoloid ethnic group; minority tribes include the 40,000 Chin. In addition, there are some 220,000 Assamese and 14,000 Bengali Muslims.
More than 85 percent of the population is Christian, mostly Baptist. This Christian heritage is shared with a majority in the nearby states of Mizoram and Meghalaya and by a large minority in
neighboring Manipur, but sets them apart from the rest of India which is overwhelmingly Hindu.
Location
Situated in the extreme northeast of the country, Nagaland is bounded by Arunachal Pradesh in the north, Manipur in the south, Myanmar in the east and Assam in the west.
History
Nagaland was constituted by the Union Government in September 1962. It comprises the former Naga Hills district of Assam and the former Tuensang
Frontier division of the Northeast Frontier Agency; these had been made
a centrally administered area in 1957, administered by the President
through the Governor of Assam. In January 1961, the area was renamed and
given the status
of a State of the Indian Union, which was officially inaugurated on
December 1, 1963.
References
http://en.wikipedia.org/
Manorama
Year Book - 2007
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