6-457: Peren District is a district of Nagaland , India. With headquarters the town of Peren , the district was formed by the partition of Kohima District in 2003. The Peren district was originally a sub-division of the Kohima district . It was declared a separate district on 24 October 2003. Peren district is divided into 3 subdivisions and 7 blocks. Subdivisions Circle Blocks According to
12-783: A Deputy Commissioner but is not an official district. Each of these officials is aided by officers from the appropriate branch of the state government. Most districts have a distinct headquarters; but the districts of Mumbai City in Maharashtra , Kolkata in West Bengal , Hyderabad in Telangana , and Chennai in Tamil Nadu are examples where there are no distinct district headquarters, although there are district collectors. The majority of districts are named after their administrative centre. Some are referred to by two names,
18-459: A traditional one and one that uses the name of the town that is the headquarters. Since most of the districts are named after a town, the word "district" is appended to distinguish between the town and the district. The following tables list the population details of various states. The columns include the hierarchical administrative subdivision codes , the district name, district headquarters, 2011 census population, area in square kilometres, and
24-465: Is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory . In some cases, districts are further subdivided into sub-divisions , and in others directly into tehsils or talukas . As of 24 November 2024 , there are a total of 787 districts in India. This count includes Mahe and Yanam which are Census districts and not Administrative districts and excludes Itanagar Capital Complex which has
30-636: The 2011 census , Peren district has a population of 95,219, roughly equal to the nation of Seychelles . This gives it a ranking of 616th in India (out of a total of 640 ). Peren has a sex ratio of 917 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 79%. According to the 2011 official census, Christianity is major religion in Peren District with 86.145 Christians (90.47%), 4.076 Hindus (4.28%), 2.493 Animists (2.62%), 1.850 Muslims (1.94%), 459 Buddhists (0.48%), 15 Sikhs (0.02%), 10 Jains (0.01%) and 171 did not answer (0.18%). At
36-428: The time of the 2011 census, 57.20% of the population spoke Zeilang , 11.37% Zemi , 10.15% Kuki , 3.95% Kabui , 3.84% Liangmai , 2.54% Nepali , 1.94% Bengali , 1.67% Chakeshang and 1.08% Ao as their first language. In Peren district is the home to Ntangki National Park , which has an area of 202 km (78.0 sq mi). District (India) A district ( zila ), also known as revenue district
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