Districts of Nagaland

Districts of Nagaland

For administrative purpose, the Indian state of Nagaland has been divided into 12 districts. The districts are further divided into several administrative blocks.

The twelve districts of Nagaland are 1. Dimarpur, 2. Kiphire, 3. Kohima, 4. Longleng, 5. Mokokchung, 6. Mon, 7. Peren, 8. Pehk, 9. Tuensang, 10. Wokha, 11. Zunheboto and 12. Noklak.

These 12 districts are in turn further divided into 74 blocks which in turn manages 1238 villages.

History
In 1957, Naga Hills Tuensang Area was carved out from joining Naga Hills District district of Assam and Tuensang Frontier Division of the North-East Frontier Agency. It has three administrative regions, namely, Kohima, Mokokchung and Tuensang districts.

In 1961, Naga Hills Tuensang Area was renamed Nagaland.

In 1963, Nagaland became 16th state of India.

In 1973, Wokha and Zunheboto were carved out from Mokokchung, Mon was carved out from Tuensang and Phek was carved out from Kohima.

In 1997, Dimapur was created out of Kohima.

In 2004,  Kiphire and Longleng were carved out from Tuensang and Peren was created out of Kohima.

In 2017, the 12th district of Nagaland, Noklak was created out of Tuensang.

Districts of Nagaland

District	Headquarter	Area (sq km)	Population (2011)	Created	Sex Ratio	Literacy
Kohima	Kohima	1,463	267,988	1957	928	85.0
Mokokchung	Mokokchung	1,615	194,622	1957	925	91.6
Tuensang	Tuensang	2,536	196,596	1957	930	73.7
Mon	Mon	1,786	250,260	1973	898	56.6
Phek	Phek	2,026	163,418	1973	951	79.1
Wokha	Wokha	1,628	166,343	1973	968	87.7
Zunheboto	Zunheboto	1,255	140,757	1973	981	86.3
Dimapur	Dimapur	927	378,811	1997	916	85.4
Kiphire	Kiphire	1,130	74,004	2004	961	71.1
Longleng	Longleng	562	50,484	2004	903	73.1
Peren	Peren	2,300	95,219	2004	917	79.0
Noklak	Noklak	1,152	59,300	2017	938	77.0

Also read: Muncipal Corporations of Nagaland