Zunheboto
Encyclopedia
Zunheboto is a town and a town area committee in Zunheboto district
in the India
n state
of Nagaland
.
Zunheboto is home to the Sumi Naga
.
The word Zunheboto is derived from the Sumi words 'zunhebo', name of a flowering shurb, and 'to' or'ato', hill top. The 'zunhebo' plant grows abundantly in this region and the town was built on the top of the rolling hills hence the name, 'Zunhebo-to' or Zunheboto as known today.
It is the sixth largest urban center in Nagaland after Dimapur-Chumukedima
, Kohima
, Alichen-Mokokchung-DEF,Wokha and Tuensang
.
, Zunheboto had a population of 22,809. Males constitute 55% of the population and females 45%. Zunheboto has an average literacy rate of 80%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 81%, and female literacy is 77%. In Zunheboto, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Zunheboto District
Zunheboto is a district of Nagaland state in India.-Geography:It is bordered on the east by Mokokchung District, Kohima District in the south and Wokha District on the west. Headquarters is at Zunheboto...
in the India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n state
States and territories of India
India is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.-List of states and territories:...
of Nagaland
Nagaland
Nagaland is a state in the far north-eastern part of India. It borders the state of Assam to the west, Arunachal Pradesh and part of Assam to the north, Burma to the east and Manipur to the south. The state capital is Kohima, and the largest city is Dimapur...
.
Geography
Sumi Naga
The Sümi or Sema Naga is one of the major Naga tribes in Nagaland, India. The Sümis mainly inhabit the Zunheboto district, although many Sümis have migrated outside Nagaland for work and education....
.
The word Zunheboto is derived from the Sumi words 'zunhebo', name of a flowering shurb, and 'to' or'ato', hill top. The 'zunhebo' plant grows abundantly in this region and the town was built on the top of the rolling hills hence the name, 'Zunhebo-to' or Zunheboto as known today.
It is the sixth largest urban center in Nagaland after Dimapur-Chumukedima
Dimapur-Chumukedima
Dimapur-Chumukedima refers to the urban hub centred around Dimapur with suburbs stretching all along the NH 39 from Dimapur up to Chumukedima. It is located in Dimapur district of Nagaland...
, Kohima
Kohima
Kohima is the hilly capital of India's north eastern border state of Nagaland which shares its borders with Burma. It lies in Kohima District and is also one of the three Nagaland towns with Municipal council status along with Dimapur and Mokokchung....
, Alichen-Mokokchung-DEF,Wokha and Tuensang
Tuensang
Tuensang [District Headquarter - Tuensang], the easternmost and the largest district of Nagaland bordering with Myanmar. The town was founded in 1947 for the purpose of administrating the erstwhile North Eastern Frontier Agency that comprised the present day Tuensang, Mon, Longleng and Kiphire...
.
Demographics
India censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Zunheboto had a population of 22,809. Males constitute 55% of the population and females 45%. Zunheboto has an average literacy rate of 80%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 81%, and female literacy is 77%. In Zunheboto, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.