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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Lapa is a village in Tizit mandal, Mon district, Nagaland, with a population of 885 across 139 households. The village has a literacy rate of 70.8%.
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- LGD code
- 266979
- Pincode
- 798602
- Post office
- Tizit
- Population
- 885
- Households
- 139
- Literacy rate
- 70.8%
- Sex ratio
- 916 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 607
- Distance to district centre
- 28 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 9 km
- Distance to Kohima
- 164 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 827 km
- Nearest railway station
- Safrai · 17 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Unit Hospital · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Lapa compares
By population, Lapa ranks #8 of 18 villages in Tizit mandal.
Literacy rate
%
70.8%
+10.2% vs mandal average
- Lapa
- 70.8%
- Tizit mandal
- 60.6%
- Mon district
- 47.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
916
+30 vs mandal average
- Lapa
- 916
- Tizit mandal
- 886
Household size
people per home
6.4
+1.1 vs mandal average
- Lapa
- 6.4
- Tizit mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Lapa at a glance
Lapa is a village of 885 people in 139 households (Census 2011) in Tizit block, Mon district, Nagaland, the 8th-largest of 18 villages in Tizit block. Literacy is 71%, 10 points above the block average of 61% and the sex ratio is 916 women per 1,000 men. It lies 28 km from the Mon district centre, 17 km from Safrai railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 798602, served by Tizit post office; the LGD village code is 266979. The nearest hospital or health centre is Unit Hospital, 6 km away. The village votes in Tizit assembly constituency, represented by MLA P. Paiwang Konyak. The population is estimated at 1,043 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Lapa
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 8
- Power hours (winter)
- 7
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- MON TOWN
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 50
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 50
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 7
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 0
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Lapa
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Key facts — Lapa
- LGD code
- 266979
- Pincode
- 798602
- Post office
- Tizit
- Population (Census 2011)
- 885
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,043
- Households
- 139
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 916
- Literacy rate
- 70.8%
- Coordinates
- 26.89958°N, 95.03133°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Nagaland
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Tizit
- Member of Parliament
- S. Supongmeren Jamir
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- P. Paiwang Konyak
- Block / Mandal
- Tizit
Getting there
How to reach Lapa
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kohima164 kmcapital
- Kolkata827 km
- Delhi1762 km
- Hyderabad2003 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSafrai17 km
- Bus stopSumo to Mon14 km
- Hospital / PHCUnit Hospital6 km
- ATM / bankAXIS BANK14 km
- Petrol pumpAssam Oil14 km
- CollegeSapekhati College26 km
- Police stationSPK.PS26 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)