Mon (district)
| District Mon | |
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| State | Nagaland |
| Administrative headquarters : | Mon |
| Area : | 1786 km² |
| Residents : | 250,260 (2011) |
| Population density : | 140 inhabitants / km² |
| Website : | www.mon.nic.in |
Mon is a district in the east of the northeast Indian state of Nagaland .
The area is 1786 km². Administrative center is the city of Mon .
population
According to the 2011 census, the Mon district has 250,260 inhabitants. With 140 inhabitants per square kilometer, the district is densely populated. The district is rural. Of the 250,260 residents, 215,816 people (86.24%) live in rural areas and 34,444 people in urban communities.
The Mon district is one of the areas of India that are almost entirely populated by members of the "tribal population" ( scheduled tribes ). They included (2011) 238,285 people (95.21 percent of the district population). There is not a single Dalit ( scheduled castes ) in the district.
Of the residents, 242,503 people (96.90 percent of residents) were born in the district. A total of 4,920 people were born in other Indian states (including 3,071 people in Assam, 628 people in Bihar and 235 people in Uttar Pradesh). Of the 393 foreign-born people, 275 are from Nepal and 65 are from Myanmar.
Population development
As everywhere in India, the population in the Mon district grew rapidly for decades. Between 1961 and 2001, there was strong immigration to the then sparsely populated area. This resulted in a population growth of 335% in just 40 years. In the ten years between 2001 and 2011, however, there was a decrease of 4 percent (3.99%). In those ten years the population decreased by over 10,000 people. The following table illustrates the development:
Significant places
With the district capital Mon (Mon Town) there is only one place in the district with more than 10,000 inhabitants. The place Naginimora counts as a city (notified town).
District population by gender
As is common in India, the district always had significantly more male than female residents. The surplus of men is above the Indian average. For the youngest residents (under 7 years of age), however, the proportions are 52.30% male to 47.70% female.
| Distribution of the population by gender in the Mon district | ||||||||||||||
| 1961 census | 1971 census | 1981 census | 1991 census | 2001 census | 2011 census | |||||||||
| number | proportion of | number | proportion of | number | proportion of | number | proportion of | number | proportion of | number | proportion of | |||
| TOTAL | 59,883 | 100% | 76,852 | 100% | 94.162 | 100% | 149,699 | 100% | 260,652 | 100% | 250.260 | 100% | ||
| Men | 30,893 | 51.59% | 40,392 | 52.56% | 50,253 | 53.37% | 79.961 | 53.41% | 138,753 | 53.23% | 131,753 | 52.65% | ||
| Women | 28,990 | 48.41% | 36,460 | 47.44% | 43,909 | 46.63% | 69,738 | 46.59% | 121,899 | 46.77% | 118.507 | 47.35% | ||
District population by language
The population of the Mon district is very uniform. Almost 95% of the population speak Konyak. The four most widely used languages comprise more than 90 percent of the population. The following table shows the languages given as mother tongue by more than a thousand people:
| year | Konyak | Bengali | Nepali | Ao | Hindi | Assami | Total | |||||||
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| number | % | number | % | number | % | number | % | number | % | number | % | number | % | |
| 2011 | 236,640 | 94.56 | 2,875 | 1.15 | 2.153 | 0.86 | 1,474 | 0.59 | 1,366 | 0.55 | 1,302 | 0.52 | 250.260 | 100.00% |
| Source: 2011 census result | ||||||||||||||
Population of the district by confession
The Tibetan Burmese residents have converted almost entirely to Christianity in the past 100 years. The most important communities within Christianity are the Baptists, Presbyterians (Reformed), and Catholics. The Hindus and Muslims form small religious minorities and are mainly immigrants from other regions of India. The following table shows the exact religious composition of the population:
| year | Buddhists | Christians | Hindus | Jainas | Muslims | Sikhs | Other | not specified | Total | |||||||||
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| number | % | number | % | number | % | number | % | number | % | number | % | number | % | number | % | number | % | |
| 2011 | 1,256 | 0.50 | 236.494 | 94.50 | 8.102 | 3.24 | 314 | 0.13 | 3,444 | 1.38 | 84 | 0.03 | 1 | 0.00 | 565 | 0.23 | 250.260 | 100.00% |
| Source: 2011 census result | ||||||||||||||||||
education
Thanks to significant efforts, literacy has risen sharply in recent decades. Yet the illiteracy rate is the highest of any district in Nagaland state. After all, almost 85 percent of the population in cities can read and write. In the countryside, on the other hand, literacy is low. Less than half of the women are literate. And just over half of all men in the country can read and write. The strong differences between the sexes and the urban / rural population are typical of Indian conditions.
| Literacy in the Mon district | ||||||
| unit | 2011 census | |||||
| number | proportion of | |||||
| TOTAL | 119,626 | 56.99% | ||||
| Men | 67,432 | 60.94% | ||||
| Women | 52.194 | 52.58% | ||||
| TOTAL CITY | 24,695 | 84.47% | ||||
| City men | 13,494 | 86.54% | ||||
| City women | 11,201 | 82.11% | ||||
| TOTAL COUNTRY | 94,931 | 52.54% | ||||
| Country men | 53,938 | 56.74% | ||||
| Country women | 40.993 | 47.88% | ||||
| Source: 2011 census result | ||||||
economy
Agriculture is the dominant form of economy. The main crops grown include rice , corn and millet .
Administrative division
The district was divided into 14 circles at the last census in 2011.
| Population in the Circles | ||||||||||||||
| Aboi | Angjangyang | Chen | Hunta | Longshen | Mon Sadar | Monyakshu | ||||||||
| number | proportion of | number | proportion of | number | proportion of | number | proportion of | number | proportion of | number | proportion of | number | proportion of | |
| TOTAL | 14,257 | 100% | 20,307 | 100% | 18,656 | 100% | 8,435 | 100% | 20,311 | 100% | 47,977 | 100% | 23,225 | 100% |
| Men | 7,488 | 52.52% | 10,568 | 52.04% | 9,914 | 53.14% | 4,347 | 51.54% | 10,758 | 52.97% | 25,011 | 52.13% | 12,263 | 52.80% |
| Women | 6,769 | 47.48% | 9,739 | 47.96% | 8,742 | 46.86% | 4,088 | 48.46% | 9,553 | 47.03% | 22,966 | 47.87% | 10,962 | 47.20% |
| city | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 26,328 | 54.88% | 0 | 0% |
| country | 14,257 | 100% | 20,307 | 100% | 18,656 | 100% | 8,435 | 100% | 20,311 | 100% | 21,649 | 45.12% | 23,225 | 100% |
| Population in the Circles | ||||||||||||||
| Mopong | Naginimora | Phomching | Shangnyu | Tizit | Tobu | Wakching | ||||||||
| number | proportion of | number | proportion of | number | proportion of | number | proportion of | number | proportion of | number | proportion of | number | proportion of | |
| TOTAL | 15,377 | 100% | 11,023 | 100% | 12,539 | 100% | 6.138 | 100% | 22,352 | 100% | 16,925 | 100% | 12,738 | 100% |
| Men | 8,242 | 53.60% | 6.092 | 55.27% | 6,611 | 52.72% | 3.126 | 50.93% | 11,895 | 53.22% | 8,962 | 52.95% | 6,476 | 50.84% |
| Women | 7.135 | 46.40% | 4,931 | 44.73% | 5,928 | 47.28% | 3,012 | 49.07% | 10,457 | 46.78% | 7,963 | 47.05% | 6.262 | 49.16% |
| city | 0 | 0% | 8,116 | 73.63% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| country | 15,377 | 100% | 2,907 | 26.37% | 12,539 | 100% | 6.138 | 100% | 22,352 | 100% | 16,925 | 100% | 12,738 | 100% |
