Ngwalwa Village

Ngwalwa Village
village
Ngwalwa Village Show map of Nagaland Ngwalwa Village Show map of India Location in Nagaland, India
Coordinates: 25°39′50″N 93°47′12″E / 25.663770°N 93.786668°E / 25.663770; 93.786668Coordinates: 25°39′50″N 93°47′12″E / 25.663770°N 93.786668°E / 25.663770; 93.786668
Country	India
State	Nagaland
District	Peren
Circle	Pedi (Ngwalwa)
Population (2011)
• Total	1,020
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Census code	268295

Ngwalwa Vill. is a village in the Peren district of Nagaland, India. It is located in the Pedi (Ngwalwa) Circle.^[1]

Early History of Ngwalwa

The 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. Ngwalwa was previously known as Leigwaklwa, the range of Pine trees.

Ngwalwa Village was formed by a man named lamhung Hau with the traditions and customary laws of Gaili Namdi. And after the formation of Ngwalwa Village; Gaili Namdi was disbanded or deserted by the villagers and scattered out to settle in different places as they could not live together peacefully due to disunity, fights and killings between the clans in Gaili Namdi. According to myth it is said that Gaili Namdi was disbanded and deserted seven times. The deserted land of Gaili Namdi was then occupied and looked after by the Ngwalwa Village as the sole land owner.

During the break-out of Gaili Namdi, the villagers of Ngwalwa met Mr. Haikube, while on his way to settle out in a different place with his herd of cattle. The people of Ngwalwa approached him to settle in Ngwalwa Village for traditional and customary practices. In around 1833, Mr. Haikube was allowed to go back and formed Gaili Village under the customary law of Ngwalwa Village. So till the present day Gaili village seeks the blessing of Ngwalwa for their traditional and customary practices.

Location

Ngwalwa shares its land boundary with the following villages Ndunglwa, Mhaidungki, Pedi, Benreu, Gaili of Peren district and Ruzaphema of Dimapur district. The present Ngwalwa Village is a gateway for many Zeliangrong villages. It is 18 km away from Jalukie Town, 40 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]

Demographics (2011 Census)^[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. Jenliang is a very famous man in the history of Ngwalwa and till this day there’s a place named after him.

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.

Peren district

Cities
and
towns

Peren (Town Committee)
Jalukie (Town Committee)

Circles
and
villages

Athibung	Athibung Beisumpuikam Bongkolong Gopibung Inbung Lilen Lilen B New Beisumpui New Chalkot Newchamcha Old Beisumpui Old Chalkot Pellhang Pellhang B Phaijol Phanjang Saijang Songlhuh Songsang Vongkithem

Jalukie	Dunki Dzukwaram Old Jalukie Jalukie B Jalukie Sangtam Jalukie Lower Khel Jalukie Rongdai Jalukie Upper Khel Jalukie Zangdi Jalukiekam Jalukielo Jalukieram Kejanglwa Libamphai Mhai Mhaikam Mhainamtsi New Jalukie Nkwareu Samzuram

Kebai Khelma	Beisumpuilwo Ikeisingram Khelma Lower Sinjol New Ngaolong New Soget New Nkio Nkio B Nsenlwa Old Soget Phaikolum Sailhem Songngou

Nsong	Bamsiakelu Lalong Nchan Ngam Nsong HQ Nsong Village Nzauna Old Ngaulong

Pedi (Ngwalwa)	Benreu Gaili Heningkunglwa Heunanbe Kelagim Ngwalwa HQ Ngwalwa Village Pedi Poilwa Poilwa Namci Punglwa Punglwa B

Peren	Kendung Kipeujang Mpai Ndunglwa New Puilwa Old Puilwa Peletkie New Peren Old Peren Peren Namdi

Tening	Azailong Heiranglwa Mbaulwa Mbaupunchi Mbaupungwa Nchangram New Tesen Nkialwa Old Nkio Ntu Old Nzau Nzau Namsan Old Tesen Old Tening Tening Christ Village Tening HQ Tening Namsan Tepun Upper Sinjol

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