Nagaland Population - Census India 2011

Nagaland is one of state in India with population of 1,978,502. There are 11 districts, 114 Taluks, 1,428 villages and 26 towns in Nagaland.

As per the Census India 2011, Nagaland has 396,002 households, population of 1,978,502 of which 1,024,649 are males and 953,853 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 291,071 which is 14.71% of total population.

The sex-ratio of Nagaland state is around 931 compared to 943 which is national average of India. The literacy rate of Nagaland state is 67.85% out of which 70.65% males are literate and 64.84% females are literate. The total area of Nagaland is 16,579 sq.km with population density of 119 per sq.km.

Out of total population, 71.14% of population lives in Urban area and 28.86% lives in Rural area. There are 0 Scheduled Caste (SC) and 86.48% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Nagaland.

Nagaland Religion Population

Description	Population	Percentage
Total	1,978,502	100%
Christian	1,739,651	87.93%
Hindu	173,054	8.75%
Muslim	48,963	2.47%
Buddhist	6,759	0.34%
Other religions and persuasions	3,214	0.16%
Jain	2,655	0.13%
Religion not stated	2,316	0.12%
Sikh	1,890	0.1%

Nagaland Urban & Rural Population

Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area

Description	Urban	Rural
Area(sq.km)	243	16,336
Number of households	118,511	277,491
Total Population	570,966	1,407,536
Population (%)	52.4%	48.46%
Male Population	299,177	725,472
Female Population	271,789	682,064
Sex Ratio	908	940
Literacy (%)	78.07%	63.7%

List of Districts in Nagaland

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Nagaland Population Facts

Number of Households	396,002
Population	1,978,502
Male Population	1,024,649 (51.79%)
Female Population	953,853 (48.21%)
Children Population	291,071
Area	16,579 km2
Population density/km2	119
Sex-ratio	931
Literacy	67.85%
Male Literacy	70.65%
Female Literacy	64.84%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %	86.48%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %	0