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Nagaland districts

Nagaland

Mon

2,50,260
people at the 2011 Census · 1.32 L male, 1.19 L female

Population

Population
2.50 LIndia 121.09 Cr
Urban %
13.76%India 31.14%

Literacy

Literacy
56.99%India 72.98%
Male Lit.
60.94%India 80.88%
Female Lit.
52.58%India 64.63%
Lit. Gap
8.36 ppIndia 16.25 pp

Society

Sex Ratio
899 / 1000India 943 / 1000
Child Sex Ratio
912 / 1000India 918 / 1000
Under 7
16.12%India 13.59%
SC %
0.00%India 16.63%
ST %
95.21%India 8.63%
Household
5.96India 4.85

Work

Workers
59.00%India 39.80%
Female Work
57.57%India 25.52%
Main Workers
71.10%India 75.24%
Non-Workers
41.00%India 60.20%

Population density, land area and decadal growth are not published in the Primary Census Abstract and so are unavailable at district level. See Methodology.

Mon in context

With 2,50,260 people at the 2011 Census, Mon was the 582nd most populous of India's 640 districts and the 3rd most populous of Nagaland's 11. That is 12.6% of everyone living in Nagaland at the time.

Literacy stood at 56.99%, 16.0 points below the national 72.98% — 22.6 points below the Nagaland average. That ranked it 593rd of 640 districts nationally. The gap between male and female literacy was 8.4 points, 7.9 points below the national gap of 16.3.

The sex ratio was 899 women per 1,000 men (32 below the Nagaland figure of 931).

59.0% of the population were recorded as workers, 9.8 points above the Nagaland rate. Female work participation was 57.6%, 12.8 points above the state figure.

Mon contained 2 towns. The largest was Mon (TC), with 26,328 people. That put 13.8% of the district in urban areas, 15.1 points below the Nagaland share of 28.9%.

Towns in Mon

Mon has 2 census towns. The largest are listed below.

Largest towns in Mon by 2011 Census population.
TownPopulationLiteracySex ratio
Mon (TC)26,32885.97%917 / 1000
Naginimora (TC)8,11679.59%783 / 1000