Ngwalwa Village
| Ngwalwa Village | |
|---|---|
| village | |
  Ngwalwa Village Location in Nagaland, India  Ngwalwa Village Ngwalwa Village (India) | |
| Coordinates: 25°39′50″N 93°47′12″E / 25.663770°N 93.786668°ECoordinates: 25°39′50″N 93°47′12″E / 25.663770°N 93.786668°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Nagaland |
| District | Peren |
| Circle | Pedi (Ngwalwa) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,020 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Census code | 268295 |
Ngwalwa Village is a village in the Peren district of Nagaland, India. It is located in the Pedi (Ngwalwa) Circle.[1]
Early History of Ngwalwa
The narrated early history of Ngwalwa is traced back to Gaili Namdi, a very big village with more than thousand households. The reason behind the formation of the new village, Ngwalwa, was due to the strict observation of traditional and customary laws that binds the people of the village, and henceforth, making the livelihood hard and complicated. There are also other version in the formation of Ngwalwa village.
Location
Ngwalwa shares its land boundary with the following villages Ndunglwa, Dungki, Benreu, Gaili of Peren district and Ruzaphema. The present Ngwalwa Village is a gateway for many Zeliangrong villages. It is 18 km away from Jalukie Town, 36 km from the commercial town Dimapur and around 70 km from the state capital Kohima.
Demographics
Apart from the original inhabitants the people permanently residing in Ngwalwa are influx mostly from Zeme villages like Benreu, Poilwa and Ze, plus a small number of Tenyimi tribes.
According to the 2011 census of India, Ngwalwa Village has 1020 people in 289 households (excluding Ngwalwa Town and Heningkunglwa Village, in Ngwalwa). The effective literacy rate (i.e. the literacy rate of population excluding children aged 6 and below) is 80.41%.[2]
| Total | Male | Female | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 1020 | 516 | 504 |
| Children aged below 6 years | 152 | 78 | 74 |
| Scheduled caste | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scheduled tribe | 953 | 480 | 473 |
| Literates | 698 | 367 | 331 |
| Workers (all) | 846 | 428 | 418 |
| Main workers (total) | 130 | 102 | 28 |
| Main workers: Cultivators | 72 | 62 | 10 |
| Main workers: Agricultural labourers | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Main workers: Household industry workers | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Main workers: Other | 56 | 38 | 18 |
| Marginal workers (total) | 716 | 326 | 390 |
| Marginal workers: Cultivators | 422 | 181 | 241 |
| Marginal workers: Agricultural labourers | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| Marginal workers: Household industry workers | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Marginal workers: Others | 286 | 142 | 144 |
| Non-workers | 174 | 88 | 86 |
Culture and Religion
The British and the Indian Officers addressed the people of Ngwalwa as Golomi in their written records. The people of Ngwalwa are hill people depending basically on cultivation and livestock-rearing. According to myth, they are brave, courageous and powerful warriors. It is believed that they caught the tiger alive, stopped the jungle wildfires and floods with their mighty strength.
The people of Ngwalwa recently adopted Christianity. They are mostly of Baptist denomination and a minute of Christian revival, Pentecostal denominations. Ikielung Dwaswang is the first pastor of Ngwalwa Baptist Church.
References
- ↑ Nagaland revenue village directory
- 1 2 "District Census Handbook - Peren" (PDF). 2011 Census of India. Directorate of Census Operations, Nagaland. Retrieved 2015-07-22.