Our Correspondent
Kohima | June 9
Women constitute 48.21% of the total population in the State of Nagaland. The sex ratio is 931. According to the Census 2011 of Nagaland, out of 399965 households in the state, there are 48228 female headed household in the state. Out of 1428 villages in the state, there are more women than men in 418 villages. There are 32 villages in Nagaland which have equal number of males and females.
Zunheboto district has the highest sex ratio of 976. All 13 circles have sex ratios far above the state sex ratio. Among the sub divisions, Tsurungto Sub Division, Tuensang district has the highest sex ratio at 1136. In Chumukedima, the sex ratio in the urban areas is 1031.
Out of 19 statutory towns in the state, four towns- Chumukedima, Jalukie, Tseminyu and Peren have recorded a higher percentage of female over male population.
There are 450 villages in the state where sex ratio is equal to more than 1000.
The Sub Division with the lowest sex ratio is Kezocha, Kohima district with 779. In Medziphema (rural areas) it stands at a dismal 8531. There are 366 villages in Nagaland with a sex ratio less than 900.
In Longwa village under Mon district, out of 2108 female above 7 years of age, only 175 of them are literate. Tekang village under Mon district recorded the lowest female literacy rate of 2.06%.
Mon district has the lowest sex ratio at 899%. Out of 14 circles in the district only three circles fall in the “safe region” in female-male ratio with Naginimora circle recording the lowest sex ratio of 809.
Four villages in Nagaland have female literacy rate below 10%. These are Shinnyu village, Mon district (6.7%), Avangkhu village, Phek district (7.5%), Chingkao Chingnyu, Mon district (8.6%) and Longwa village, Mon district (9.8%).
Alongchen compound is the only area in the state having more than 100+ female population with 100% female literacy rate. In urban Nagaland, Kotkeang ward in Naginimora has recorded the lowest female literacy rate of 53.1% where as PWD ward in Changtongya town and Tsukhisin ward in Tseminyu town recorded the highest rate of 99.2% female literates.
Out of 131 villages under Mon district only 6 villages have recorded female literacy rate above 80%.
Out of the total female headed houses in the state, only 32% have availed banking facilities and 41% do not have any assets such as telephone, mobiles, television or vehicles.
87 villages out of 107 villages in Mokokchung district has literacy rate above 80% (81% of total villages in Mokokchung).
Percentage of female workers as cultivators stands at 65.25% female compared to 47.4% male cultivators. In urban areas female workers engaged as cultivators stands 17.1% as against 6.2% male.
Percentage of female household industry workers stands at 3.1% against 1.7% males. The state average is 2.3%, according to Directorate of Census Operations, Nagaland.
