Ngwalwa Village

Ngwalwa Village is a village in the Peren district of Nagaland, India. It is located in the Pedi (Ngwalwa) Circle.

Early history

The early history of Ngwalwa is traced back to Gaili Namdi days.
Ngwalwa Village was founded by Peirieng.
After the formation of Village, Haikube of Gaili, who was on his way to settle at Heralwa; was invited by his uncles and elders of Ngwalwa Village in order to complete the rituals.
Haikube then settled down at Ngwalwa Village and he was given a land, and it is called as Haikululwa till today.

Location

Ngwalwa shares its land boundary with the following villages Ndunglwa, Dungki, Benreu, Gaili of Peren district and Ruzaphema. The present Ngwalwa Village is a gateway for many Zeliangrong villages. It is 18 km away from Jalukie Town, 36 km from the commercial town Dimapur and around 70 km from the state capital Kohima.

Demographics

Apart from the original inhabitants the people permanently residing in Ngwalwa are influx mostly from Zeme villages like Benreu, Poilwa and Ze, plus a small number of Tenyimi tribes.
According to the 2011 census of India, Ngwalwa Village has 1020 people in 289 households. The effective literacy rate is 80.41%.

	Total	Male	Female
Population	1020	516	504
Children aged below 6 years	152	78	74
Scheduled caste	0	0	0
Scheduled tribe	953	480	473
Literates	698	367	331
Workers	846	428	418
Main workers	130	102	28
Main workers: Cultivators	72	62	10
Main workers: Agricultural labourers	0	0	0
Main workers: Household industry workers	2	2	0
Main workers: Other	56	38	18
Marginal workers	716	326	390
Marginal workers: Cultivators	422	181	241
Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers	6	2	4
Marginal workers: Household industry workers	2	1	1
Marginal workers: Others	286	142	144
Non-workers	174	88	86

Culture and religion

The British and the Indian Officers addressed the people of Ngwalwa as Golomi in their written records. The people of Ngwalwa are hill people depending basically on cultivation and livestock-rearing. According to myth, they are brave, courageous and powerful warriors. It is believed that they caught the tiger alive, stopped the jungle wildfires and floods with their mighty strength.
The people of Ngwalwa recently adopted Christianity. They are mostly of Baptist denomination and a minute of Christian revival, Pentecostal denominations.