List of districts of Nagaland


Nagaland, a state of India, has 11 administrative districts.

Administration

A district of an Indian state is an administrative geographical unit, headed by a district magistrate or a deputy commissioner, an officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service. The district magistrate or the deputy commissioner is assisted by a number of officials belonging to different wings of the administrative services of the state.
A superintendent of Police, an officer belonging to Indian Police Service is entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining law and order and related issues.

History

In 1957, the Naga Hills District district of Assam and Tuensang Frontier Division of the North-East Frontier Agency were joined to form the centrally governed Naga Hills Tuensang Area. At that point the previous subdivisions became Kohima, Mokokchung and Tuensang districts. February 1961 saw the renaming of Naga Hills Tuensang Area to "Nagaland", and in December 1963 Nagaland became the 16th state of India.
December 1973 saw the new districts of Wokha and Zunheboto carved out of Mokokchung, Mon district carved from Tuensang district, and Phek district created out of Kohima district.
In 1997 Dimapur district was carved from Kohima district.
Three more districts were added in January 2004: Kiphire, Longleng and Peren. Kiphire and Longleng districts were carved from Tuensang district, Peren district was carved from Kohima district.
Noklak district was created on 21 December 2017, previously having been a sub-district of Tuensang district.

Districts

The twelve districts of Nagaland, and their capitals, 2011 census populations, areas and elevations are:
DistrictSeatArea
Elevation
Population
total
Population
rural
Population
urban
Date
created
Dimapur districtDimapur927145378,811180,942197,8691997
Kiphire districtKiphire1,13089674,00457,51716,4872004
Kohima districtKohima1,4631,444267,988146,900121,0881957
Longleng districtLongleng5621,06650,48442,8717,6132004
Mokokchung districtMokokchung1,6151,325194,622138,89755,7251957
Mon DistrictMon1,786655250,260215,81634,4441973
Peren districtPeren2,3001,44595,21981,42913,7902004
Phek districtPhek2,0261,524163,418138,84324,5751973
Tuensang districtTuensang2,5361,371196,596159,82236,7741957
Wokha districtWokha1,6281,313166,343131,33935,0041973
Zunheboto districtZunheboto1,2551,852140,757113,16027,5971973
Noklak districtNoklak1,15259,30059,30002017