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NSDC Skill Gap Study of the North East - Nagaland
Enterprises Employment
Major activity group OAE Estt. Total OAE Estt. Total
Real estate, renting & buss. Serv. 205 196 401 421 788 1,209
Pub adm, defense, social security 76 1,394 1,470 149 55,971 56,120
Education 30 2,288 2,318 70 24,380 24,450
Health & Social work 54 907 961 125 6,919 7,044
Community, social &personalservices 535 2,377 2,912 1,347 14,745 16,092
Other activities
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Total 18,740 16,838 35,578 31,838 143,331 175,169
OAE – Own Account Enterprises; Estt. – Establishments; MV - Motor Vehicle, MC – Motor Cycle, Pub adm – Public
administration; serv – services; act. –activities. Sources: Fifth Economic Census, 2005; IMaCS Analysis
4.3 Demography and Employment Structure
As per Census 2011, Nagaland has a population of over 19.8 lakh. At 19 per cent, a large share of this
population is concentrated in the Dimapur district, followed by 14 per cent in Kohima district and 13 per
cent in Mon district. About 71 per cent of the population lives in rural areas. Ratio of rural to total
population is highest at 86 per cent in Mon district, followed by 85 per cent in Phek and Longleng
districts. Dimapur is the most urbanised district with about 52 per cent of the population living in urban
areas.
Overall, the share of tribal population in total population is 89 per cent. The ratio is high at 96 per cent in
Zunheboto, Wokha, Phek and Tuensang districts. It is lowest at 61 per cent in Dimapur district. However,
the State has about 60 per cent population in the working age group and another 35 per cent in the 0-14
year age group. This population is expected to join the workforce in the next 10 years and can be trained
for reaping significant economic dividend. Also, the State has high literacy rate, at 80 per cent. These
factors together make available a huge pool of literate human resources over the next few years.
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