Dimapur, Nagaland's eighth district and its only railhead

Background

Dimapur district was inaugurated as the eighth district of Nagaland in December, 1997, through a Government of Nagaland Home Department notification no. GAB-5/29/78(pt) dated 02-12-1997. Earlier it was a sub-division under Kohima district. The only railhead and airport of the State is located in Dimapur, the district headquarter, and the main commercial activities of the State are centred around it. National Highway 29 connects Dimapur to the State capital Kohima and to Manipur, Tripura and Mizoram. A large area of the district is plains with an average elevation of 260 m above sea level, and the average annual rainfall is 1504.7 mm. By Census 2011 the district stands 1st in population (378811), 10th in area (927 sq. km.), 11th in density (409 persons per sq. km) and 5th in literacy rate (84.8 %) in the State.