A view of Kohima town, the capital of Nagaland, which is home to 45.60% of the urban population in Nagaland. Dimapur has the highest with 51.95% living in urban areas. The number of towns in Nagaland has risen from 9 in 2001 to 26 in 2011. (File Photo)
Our Correspondent
Kohima | March 31
Out of the provisional population of 19, 80,602 as per 2011 census, the urban population of Nagaland stands at 5,73,741 and the rural at 14,06,861. 28.97% of Nagaland’s population inhabits the urban space, while the remaining 71.03% of people live in rural areas. In terms of percentage to total population of districts, Dimapur has the highest urban population of 51.95% living in urban areas. This is followed by Kohima district with 45.60%.
Mon district has only 13.85% of its total population living in urban areas. Even though the Nagaland census, for the first time, shows negative growth, percentage growth of urban population remained as high as 67.38%.
Dimapur district has the highest urban population recorded at 1,97,277, while Longleng has the lowest urban population of 7609. Except for Wokha district, all districts of Nagaland have recorded an increase in urban population, according to the Provisional Population Totals, paper 2, Volume II of 2011, Rural-Urban Distribution (Nagaland Series 14). The number of towns has risen from 9 in 2001 to 26 in 2011. Of this, the number of statutory towns is 19 and total number of census towns is 7, the report stated.
