Availability of basic amenities at village level in Nagaland

April 11, 2023 59 Views No Comment

Our Correspondent
Kohima | April 11

The survey on the Village Level Development Indicators (VLDI) for Local Level Planning was conducted to collect information regarding the availability of basic amenities at the village level on March 31, 2021. The survey covered all the 11 districts, 74 blocks and 1284 villages which are recognized by the Rural Development Department.

This was stated in Nagaland Economic Survey 2022-2023 published by Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Nagaland and presented in the recent first session of 14th Nagaland Legislative Assembly in Kohima.

According to some findings of the survey, out of 1284 villages in the state, 1277 villages are electrified, which accounts for about 99.4% of the villages in Nagaland.

Out of 1284 villages, 1280 had road connectivity. 90 villages i.e. just 7 % of the total villages in the state have accessed to Government bus service, 306 (23.8 %) villages have access to Private bus service and 927 (72.19 %) villages have access to Taxi service.

All 1284 villages in the state have access to Mobile network service.

513 villages i.e. 39.9% of the villages in the state are covered by Postal service. 1103 villages (85.9 %) in the state have Government Primary School while 274 villages (21.33 %) have Private Primary School.

627 villages (48.83 %) in the state have Government Middle School while 140 villages (10.90 %) have Private Middle School.

231 villages (18 %) in the state have Government High School while 88 villages (6.8 %) have Private High School. 22 villages (1.71 %) in the state have Government Higher Secondary School while 34 villages (2.64 %) have Private Higher Secondary School.

Two villages in Nagaland have access to Dispensary. 514 villages (40.03 %) have Sub-Centre facility. 124 villages i.e. about 9.65 % of villages in the state have Primary Health Centre (PHC) facility. 13 villages (1.01 %) have Community Health Centre. 35 villages in the state (2.7 %) have at least one Private Clinic/Hospital.

About 9.1 % of villages in the state i.e. 118 villages have access to Government Veterinary Health Centre.

Anganwadi Centres are located in 1215 villages (94.6 %) in the state. There are 1228 villages (95.6 %) which have Fair Price Shop facility.

Police Stations are spread across 36 villages, accounting for 2.8 % of villages in the State.