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Waphur Population - Tuensang, Nagaland

Waphur is a medium size village located in Shamator Circle of Tuensang district, Nagaland with total 181 families residing. The Waphur village has population of 996 of which 507 are males while 489 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Waphur village population of children with age 0-6 is 308 which makes up 30.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Waphur village is 964 which is higher than Nagaland state average of 931. Child Sex Ratio for the Waphur as per census is 925, lower than Nagaland average of 943.

Waphur village has lower literacy rate compared to Nagaland. In 2011, literacy rate of Waphur village was 65.84 % compared to 79.55 % of Nagaland. In Waphur Male literacy stands at 71.76 % while female literacy rate was 59.82 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Waphur village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Waphur village.

Waphur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 181 - -
Population 996 507 489
Child (0-6) 308 160 148
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 989 503 486
Literacy 65.84 % 71.76 % 59.82 %
Total Workers 311 162 149
Main Worker 309 - -
Marginal Worker 2 1 1

Caste Factor

In Waphur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.30 % of total population in Waphur village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Waphur village of Tuensang.

Work Profile

In Waphur village out of total population, 311 were engaged in work activities. 99.36 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.64 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 311 workers engaged in Main Work, 260 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.