Shamator District is the 16th

district A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...

of the Indian state of

Nagaland Nagaland () is a States and union territories of India, state in the northeast India, north-eastern region of India. It is bordered by the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh to the north, Assam to the west, Manipur to the south, and the Naga Sel ...

. It was created on 19 January 2022 and was officially inaugurated on 4 March 2022. The district headquarter is located in the town of

Shamator Shamator is a town and the headquarters of the Shamator district in the Indian state of Nagaland. Shamator was declared district headquarter of newly formed district by Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio after understanding between Tikhir Tribal Co ...

History

Shamator District was created on 19 January 2022 as the 16th district of Nagaland. The new district has the same boundaries as the former Shamator sub-division of Tuensang District, Chessore Sub-division including Mangko EAC Circle, Administrative area of Sotokur EAC Circle excluding Chingmelen, Helipong and Sipongsang villages, Tsurungto EAC Circle under Shamator sub-division, including Hutanger, Anatongre, Pungrungru, Nutsu, Maihpok and Tsuthu, under Kiphire district, which stand transferred to Tsurungto EAC circle.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census of India Shamator District had a population of 34,223 and has a sex ratio of 984 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 52.83%. Scheduled Tribes make up 99.03% of the population. The majority of the inhabitants are the Yimkhiung Nagas and Tikhir Nagas. Yimkhiung Naga Cultural Troupe

Towns and villages

* Chassir (601), Lasikiur (242), Liangkonger (785), Muleangkiur (887), Sangphur (2,314), Shamator Hq (4,257), Shamator Village (1,159), Waphur (996), Yakor (1,078).

Religion

Christianity is the major religion here, with 98.88% of the population.

Language

At the time of the 2011 census, 90.44% of the population spoke Yimkhiungrü and 7.85% Tikhir as their first language.

Transportation

Road

The NH 202 passes through the district.

References

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