District of Nagaland

Tuensang: 2 lakh people, one story

People
1,96,596
Area
2,536 km²
Literacy
73.08%
Sex ratio
929
#1 in NagalandScheduled Tribes: 97.1 % of people. Rank 1 of 11 districts.See the numbers →#1 in NagalandArea: 2,536 km². Rank 1 of 11 districts.See the numbers →Top 3 in NagalandWorkers in farming: 80.6 % of workers. Rank 2 of 11 districts.See the numbers →Lowest in NagalandHousehold industry workers: 1.1 % of workers. Rank 10 of 11.See the numbers →

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TuensangNagaland

The history, places and schemes of Tuensang are being written. Everything below comes from Census 2011, so it is already exam-ready.

Tuensang in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population2 lakh#4/11 in Nagaland
Area2,536 km²#1/11 in Nagaland
Population density78 per km²#9/11 in Nagaland▼ state 119
Sex ratio929 females per 1000 males#5/11 in Nagaland▼ state 931
Child sex ratio (0–6)933 girls per 1000 boys#8/11 in Nagaland▼ state 943
Literacy rate73.08%#8/11 in Nagaland▼ state 79.55
Female literacy69.59%#9/11 in Nagaland▼ state 76.11
Urban population18.7%#7/11 in Nagaland▼ state 28.9

People & society

73.1% can read. 929 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
76.382.8
Female literacy
69.676.1
Scheduled Castes
0.00.0
Scheduled Tribes
97.186.5
Living in towns
18.728.9

Gender literacy gap: 6.7 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 1.5%
  • Muslim 0.5%
  • Christian 97.6%
  • Buddhist 0.3%

    Sectors at a glance

    81 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    98,154 workers, 49.9% of all people

    This district
    Nagaland
    • Cultivators 76.6%
    • Farm labourers 4.0%
    • Household industry 1.1%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 18.3%

      Schemes & development

      Only 50% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      49.961.1
      Latrine at home
      44.057.3
      Tap water
      56.735.3
      LPG / PNG
      1.514.9
      Phone
      27.739.7
      Television
      15.328.4
      Bicycle
      0.75.9
      Two-wheeler
      1.54.7

      This is the 2011 baseline. Schemes like Saubhagya, Ujjwala, Swachh Bharat and Har Ghar Jal came to close exactly these gaps.

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