Peren district


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
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. Peren has a sex ratio of 917 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 79%.

Religion

According to the 2011 official census, Christianity is major religion in Peren District with 86.145 Christians, 4.076 Hindus, 2.493 Animists, 1.850 Muslims, 459 Buddhists, 15 Sikhs, 10 Jains and 171 did not answer.

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.

Flora and fauna

In Peren district is the home to Ntangki National Park, which has an area of.