Mokokchung
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| Mokokchung | |
  Mokokchung
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| State - District(s) |
Nagaland - Mokokchung |
| Coordinates | |
| Area - Elevation |
- 1325 m |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Population (2001) - Density |
31204 (excluding Yimyu ward and colonies beyond Sungkomen ward) - |
| Mokokchung, Nagaland | |
| Country | India |
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| State | Nagaland |
| District | Mokokchung |
| Area | |
| - City | 12 km² (4.6 sq mi) |
| - Land | 11.7(approx) km² (Expression error: Unexpected ( operator sq mi) |
| - Water | 0.3(approx) km² (Expression error: Unexpected ( operator sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,325 m (4,347.1 ft) |
| Population (2003) | |
| - City | 40,000 |
| - Density | 3,333/km² (8,632.4/sq mi) |
| - Metro | 62,000 |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5 1/2) |
Mokokchung is a town and a municipal council in Mokokchung District in the Indian state of Nagaland.
Mokokchung town is the district headquarters as well as the main urban hub of Mokokchung District. It is a hilly town at an altitude of 1325 metres above sea level. The population is about 40,000 (including Yimyu ward which was incorporated into Mokokchung proper in 2003). Mokokchung is the cultural center of the Ao people and is economically and politically the most important urban centre in Northern Nagaland. It is the most important urban hub in all of Nagaland after Dimapur and Kohima. The town is divided into 15 wards of which Kumlong and Yimyu are the largest. Mokokchung is particularly noted for its extravagant Christmas, New Year, Moatsu and Tsungremong celebrations.
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[edit] Geography
Mokokchung is located at [1]. It is located at an elevation of 1325 metres above sea level.
National Highway No-61 passes through Mokokchung and state highways link this town with almost every corner of the state. Every village and settlement of the district is well linked to the town by district and community roads. Its central location has helped it to be better connected to most areas of Nagaland than Kohima and Dimapur.
Mokokchung is the epicentre of Alichen-Mokokchung-DEF agglomeration, a term which refers to the continuous settlements from Alichen in the south, through Mokokchung town up to Yimyu and Khensa in the North West; and from Mokokchung town through Fazl Ali College up to DEF colony in the North East. The village of Longkhum is 17 kilometers southwest of Mokokchung, and other nearby towns and villages outside the urban agglomeration include Impur, Mekuli, Mongsenyimti, Chungtia, Mopongchuket, Chuchuyimlang, Molung and Longmisa.
[edit] Demographics
As of 2001 India censusGRIndia, the population under Mokokchung Municipal Council (excluding the ward of Yimyu and colonies beyond Sungkomen Ward) had a population of 31,204.Its urban agglomeration has a population of around 62,000. Males constitute 55% of the population and females 45%. Mokokchung boasts of having the highest literacy rate in the state with an average literacy rate of 84%, far above the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 84%, and female literacy is 83%. In Mokokchung, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
The population is predominantly Ao, as the town is the heart and the cultural centre of the Aos.
[edit] Religion
Christianity is the predominant religion with more than 95% of the population being Baptist. The Aos were the first of the Nagaland peoples to embrace Christianity in the 19th century, and the area is the hub of India's Baptist belt. The revivalist movement that swept the entire state of Nagaland in the 1970s originated in Mokokchung District and Mokokchung was a major centre. Impur, 15 kilometers away, is the centre of the Ao Baptist Arogo Mungdang (Ao Baptist Churches Convention). The main town Baptist church, located at the heart of the town, is one of the largest churches in Asia.[citation needed]
The other religions and faiths practiced in Mokokchung - mainly by immigrant business community from mainland India - are Hinduism, Sikhism and Islam.
[edit] Politics
Mokokchung has political importance in Nagaland. Apart from Mokokchung town constituency, parts of the town fall under three other state assembly constituencies namely, Aonglenden, Mongoya and Koridang thus making the town the deciding factor in 4 of 60 assembly seats in the state legislature. Leaders from the town played a major role in brokering a deal with the Government of India at the height of the Indo-Naga conflict in the 1950s, resulting in the formation of Nagaland state as the 16th state of India in 1963.
Over the last two decades, Mokokchung has become a stronghold of the Indian National Congress party which can be partly attributed to the fact that the party was led by S. Chubatoshi Jamir whose constituency was Aonglenden. In the 2003 general Assembly elections, Indian National Congress won Aonglenden, Mongoya and Mokokchung town constituencies while Koridang constituency was won by an Independent candidate.
Important political leaders of Nagaland from Mokokchung:
- P. Shilu Ao, the first Chief Minister of Nagaland
- S. Chubatoshi Jamir, the longest serving Chief Minister of Nagaland and the present Governor of the State of Goa
- Aliba Imti
- N. I. Jamir
- K. Asungba Sangtam, two time former Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha)
- C. Apok Jamir, former Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) and the present Member of Legislative Assembly from Aonglenden constituency
- Imkong Imchen, present 'Roads and Bridges Minister', elected from Koridang constituency
- Supongmeren, present Member of Legislative Assembly from Mongoya constituency
[edit] The 15(Official) wards of Mokokchung
- Kumlong
- Aongza
- Penli
- Majakong
- Salangtem
- Sangtemla
- Yimyu
- Alempang
- Sungkomen
- Kichutip
- Tongtentsuyong
- Artang
- Arkong
- Dilong
- Alongmen
[edit] Major Churches
- Mokokchung Town Ao Baptist Arogo (Mokokchung town Ao Baptist Church)
- Kumlong Baptist Arogo
- Sungkomen Baptist Arogo
- Alempang Baptist Arogo
- Ongpangkong Baptist Arogo
- Phom Baptist Church
- Christian Evangelical Church
- Nepali Baptist Church
- Queen Mary Cathedral
- Mokokchung Pentacostal Church
- Sema Baptist Church
- Sema Revival Church
- Tenyedie Baptist Church
- Chang Baptist Church
- Police Church
[edit] Media
- All India Radio, Mokokchung
- Ao Milen (daily newspaper in Ao language)
[edit] Education
[edit] Higher Secondary and High Schools
- Mayangnokcha Higher Secondary School
- Queen Mary School
- Edith Douglas Higher Secondary School
- Jubilee Memorial School
- Model Higher Secondary School
- Imsutemjen Memorial School
- K.G. School
- Children's High School
- Canaan Christian School
- Government High School, Dilong
- Hill View School
[edit] Universities and Colleges
- Fazl Ali College
- People's College
- Mokokchung Law College
- Institute of Communication and Information Technology
- Nagaland University, Lumami (less than 20 km away from Mokokchung)
- Clark Theological College, Alichen
[edit] Hotels
- Tourist Lodge, Mokokchung
- Circuit House
- Madras Hotel
- Grace Hotel
- Hotel Citizen
- Hotel Inigo
- Hotel Step In
- Hotel Igloo
- Hotel Grace
[edit] Popular restaurants
- The Restaurant
- Inner Circle Restaurant
- Marcado
- Two-In-One
