Aghunato

Aghunato
town
Aghunato Location of Aghunato in Nagaland, India
Coordinates: 26°00′33″N 94°31′26″E / 26.0092911°N 94.5237627°E / 26.0092911; 94.5237627Coordinates: 26°00′33″N 94°31′26″E / 26.0092911°N 94.5237627°E / 26.0092911; 94.5237627
Country	India
State	Nagaland
District	Zunheboto
Area
• Total	13 km2 (5 sq mi)
Area rank	2nd in Zunheboto
Elevation	1,555.77 m (5,104.23 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	15,670
• Rank	2nd in Zunheboto & 23 in Nagaland
• Density	1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	English and Sumi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)

Aghunato is a sub division of the Zunheboto district in Nagaland ^[1] in the far north east of India. Like other parts of Nagaland it is unusual, for India, in having the Baptist Church as the dominant religion due to the work of American missionaries. It has its own constituency in the state assembly and had 15659 registered voters in the 2013 elections.^[2] Aghunato is represented in the state Legislative Assembly by Shri Pukhai. Its terrain is mountainous and dominated by evergreen forests. Geographic coordinates: 92 longitude - latitude 28-24 The villages in the region include:^[3]

• Aghiyilimi
• Aghunato (Headquarters)
• Akubami (New)
• Akubami (Old)
• Ghokishe
• Hoshepu
• Hoshepu (Mesc)
• Hydel Project
• Keltomi Model Village
• Khekiye
• Khetoi
• Khewoto
• Khukishe
• Likikhe
• Luvishe (Old)
• Lokhuyimi
• Luthsumi
• Luvishe (New)
• Melahumi
• Nihoshe's
• Phuleshetomi
• Shevishe
• Thokihimi
• Tokiye
• Tsukomi
• Viyilho
• Viyixe
• Yezashimi
• Zheishe

See also

District Hq.

• Zunheboto

Sub Division

• Akuluto
• Satakha

District

• Zunheboto District

References

1. ↑ Nagaland Assembly Elections 2008 Results, indian-elections.com, retrieved 2008-05-08 
2. ↑ State Elections 2013 - Constituency wise detail for 34-Aghunato Constituency of NAGALAND
3. ↑ Aghunato CIRCLE