Nagaland: 9 villages have no electricity, one village with no road connection

Our Correspondent
Kohima, Aug. 25 (EMN): Nine villages in Nagaland still don't have electricity and one village has no road connection, according to a government data released in Kohima on Tuesday.

The directorate of Economics and Statistics released a survey report on local/block-level statistics for local-level planning 2020 under support for statistical strengthening (SSS).

The report, however, did not mention the names of the villages that are still deprived of electricity. 

Ekhyo village in Wokha district, it reported, is the only village in Nagaland not connected by road.

Survey findings at state level:

1. Out of 1237 villages surveyed, 1228 were electrified and the remaining nine villages were without electricity connection.

2. Ekhyo village in Wokha district is the only village not connected by road.

3. There are 47 villages with access to government bus service, whereas 204 villages have private bus service.

4. Mobile network services are available in all the 1237 villages, whereas only 6% of the villages in Nagaland are connected with landline facilities.

5. At least 15.5% of villages in Nagaland have access to either government or private educational institutions. There are four villages with government colleges while 16 villages with private colleges.

6. There are 207 villages with library facilities.

7. About 41% of the villages have sub-centre medical facilities whereas 0.6% of the villages have a community health centre.

8. 21 villages, i.e. about 1.7% of villages, have at least one private clinic/hospital.

9. About 7.9% of villages have a government veterinary health centre.

10. There are 1016 villages with council halls.

11. 1018 villages have separate playground facilities, whereas 35 villages have indoor stadiums.

12. 96 % of the villages have Anganwadi centres, whereas 1212 villages have fair price shop facilities.

13. There are 1182 villages in the state which are connected with the PHED water supply.

14. Public toilet facilities are availed by 48.6% of the villages in the state.

15. 1.6% of the villages have access to bank facilities while 1.7% of the villages have access to ATM booths.

16. 1.7% of the villages have a police beat post in the state.

17. 9% of the surveyed villages have access to the common service centre facility.

18. Close to 95% of the villages in the state have at least one self-help group.

19. 422 villages in the state have street lighting facilities.

Survey findings at district level:

1. Kohima village in Kohima district has the highest number of basic amenities across the state, whereas Ronren village under Wokha district has the least number of basic amenities.

2. One interesting finding was that in Wokha district, two villages -- Mithehe under Changpang block and Yanlum under Ralan block -- receive electricity supply from the neighbouring of Assam.

3. The survey data shows that on an average, Mokokchung district has the highest number of basic amenities available across the state, which was followed by Kohima district. Conversely, Kiphire district has the least number of basic amenities.

4. Dimapur district has the highest number of medical and educational institution facilities, whereas Longleng district has the least in both the parameters.

5. Dimapur district has the highest number of villages with 213 villages recognised under Rural Development department, whereas Longleng district has the least with 40 villages.

6. Mokokchung and Tuensang districts have the highest number of blocks with nine RD blocks each.

According to the director of Economics and Statistics department, Y Sacheo Ovung, the survey was conducted by the department as 'proper and quality data is the prerequisite for proper planning at different levels'.

“This survey report will be the most important document for all leaders to know whether the villages are enjoying the basic required amenities,” he said.

Presenting a brief report on the survey, the joint director of Economics and Statistics department, Neidilhou Angami, said the main objective of the survey was to collect information about the major basic amenities available in all the 1238 villages of 74 RD blocks in 11 districts, for an inclusive system of planning in the state.

In the course of the survey, it was found out that one village -- Dikoi under Chümoukedima block in Dimapur district -- was placed under suspension and therefore, in total 1237 villages were surveyed, he said.

In the survey, he said, the department has come up with '40 major basic amenities', which are available in the villages, with January 31, 2020 as the survey dateline across the state.

'These are some of the important survey findings which we have come out with after a lot of thorough cross checking, comparison, analysing, telephonic conversation with the respondents to clear any discrepancies and validating the survey data with the administrative data of the department concerned to arrive at the final figures,' he said.

Further, in the survey publication, a separate database for the state has also been arranged for the 11 districts and all the 1237 recognised villages under 74 RD Blocks, which will be extremely valuable to the policy formulation at the grass-root level, he added.