Kiphire District | |
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Nickname: Land of Minerals | |
Country | India |
State | Nagaland |
Headquarters | Kiphire |
Government | |
• Lok Sabha Constituency | Nagaland |
• MP[1] | Tokheho Yepthomi, NDPP |
• Assembly constituencies | 2 constituencies |
• Deputy Commissioner[2] | Sh. T. Wati Aier, (NCS) |
Area | |
• Total | 1,130 km2 (440 sq mi) |
Elevation | 896 m (2,940 ft) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 74,004[3] |
Demographics | |
• Literacy[3] | 69.54% |
• Sex ratio[3] | 956 ♀/ 1000 ♂ |
Languages | |
• Official | English |
• Spoken | Sangtam, Sümi, Chirr, English, Yimkhiungrü |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
ISO 3166 code | IN-NL-PE |
Major highways | NH 202 |
Website | kiphire |
Kiphire District (Pron:/ˈkɪfɑɪə/) is a district in the Indian state of Nagaland and the native home of the Sangtam Nagas. At 1,130 square kilometres (440 sq mi), the district is the tenth-most populous district of Nagaland as of 2011.[3] It was carved out of Tuensang district becoming a district in 2004 along with Longleng district. Headquartered at Kiphire town, the district is 230 kilometres from state-capital Kohima.