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NSDC Skill Gap Study of the North East - Nagaland
Nagaland‟s total working population as a percentage of total population is low, at 43 per cent. About 83
per cent of these workers are main workers and the remaining are marginal workers. Most of the workers
are concentrated in Mon, Mokokchung, Dimapur and Kohima districts, together accounting for 52 per
cent of total workers in the State.
TABLE 6: DISTRICT WISE WORKER PROFILE
Main workers, in Marginal workers Non-workers,
Working population
as a % of
District '000
, in '000
in '000
total population
Kohima 79 14 126 43%
Dimapur 88 16 206 33%
Phek 57 14 77 48%
Mokokchung 82 27 123 47%
Wokha 50 7 105 35%
Zunheboto 47 9 97 37%
Tuensang 69 10 113 41%
Mon 108 23 130 50%
Peren 35 6 49 46%
Kiphire 39 3 60 41%
Longleng 49 15 58 53%
Nagaland 704 144 1,142 43%
Source: Census 2001
Of the total workers in the State, 65 per cent are cultivators, followed by 3 per cent agricultural labourers,
3 per cent in household industries and remaining at 29 per cent are other workers.
FIGURE 7: EMPLOYMENT PROFILE OF WORKERS
(Total workers = 845,796)
Source: Census 2001
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