Ngwalwa Village
# Ngwalwa Village

Ngwalwa Village is a village in the Peren district of Nagaland, India. It is located in the Pedi (Ngwalwa) Circle.

## Early history

The early history of Ngwalwa is traced back to Gaili Namdi days.

Ngwalwa Village was founded by Peirieng (Haume).

After the formation of Village, Haikube (Heuna) of Gaili, who was on his way to settle at Heralwa; was invited by his uncles and elders of Ngwalwa Village in order to complete the rituals.

Haikube then settled down at Ngwalwa Village and he was given a land, and it is called as Haikululwa till today.

## Location

Ngwalwa shares its land boundary with the following villages Ndunglwa, Dungki, Benreu, Gaili of Peren district and Ruzaphema. The present Ngwalwa Village is a gateway for many Zeliangrong villages. It is 18 km away from Jalukie Town, 36 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%.

Demographics (2011 Census) :

| | 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.

The people of Ngwalwa recently adopted Christianity. They are mostly of Baptist denomination and a minute of Christian revival, Pentecostal denominations.

