Peren district is a district of Nagaland, India. With headquarters the town of Peren, the district was formed by the partition of Kohima District in 2003.

History

The Peren district was originally a sub-division of the Kohima district. It was declared a separate district on 24 October 2003.

Administration

Peren district is divided into 3 subdivisions and 7 blocks.

Subdivisions

  • Jalukie subdivision
  • Peren subdivision
  • Tening subdivision

Circle Blocks

  1. Jalukie
  2. Ngwalwa
  3. Athibung
  4. Peren
  5. Tening
  6. Kebai-Khelma
  7. Nsong

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, Peren district has a population of 95,219, roughly equal to the nation of Seychelles. This gives it a ranking of 616th in India (out of a total of 640). Peren has a sex ratio of 917 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 79%.

Religion

Religions in Peren district (2011)
ReligionPercent
Christianity90.47%
Hinduism4.28%
Tribal religion2.62%
Islam1.94%
Buddhism0.48%
Other or not stated0.21%
Distribution of religions

According to the 2011 official census, Christianity is major religion in Peren District with 86.145 Christians (90.47%), 4.076 Hindus (4.28%), 2.493 Animists (2.62%), 1.850 Muslims (1.94%), 459 Buddhists (0.48%), 15 Sikhs (0.02%), 10 Jains (0.01%) and 171 did not answer (0.18%).

Languages

At the time of the 2011 census, 57.20% of the population spoke Zeme, 11.37% Rongmei, 10.15% Lianglad, 3.95% Kuki, 3.84% Mzieme, 2.54% Nepali, 1.94% Bengali, 1.67% Chakeshang and 1.08% Ao as their first language.

  1. Zeme (57.2%)
  2. Rongmei (11.4%)
  3. Lianglad (10.2%)
  4. Kuki-Chin (3.95%)
  5. Mzieme (3.84%)
  6. Nepali (2.54%)
  7. Bengali (1.94%)
  8. Chakhesang (1.67%)
  9. Ao (1.08%)

Flora and fauna

In Peren district is the home to Ntangki National Park, which has an area of 202 km2 (78.0 mi2).

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