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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Tanhai is a village in Wakching mandal, Mon district, Nagaland with a population of 1,237 across 227 households. The village has a literacy rate of 63.5%.
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- LGD code
- 267022
- Pincode
- 798622
- Post office
- Naginimora
- Population
- 1,237
- Households
- 227
- Literacy rate
- 63.5%
- Sex ratio
- 998 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 905
- Distance to district centre
- 14 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 6 km
- Distance to Kohima
- 144 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 810 km
- Nearest railway station
- Simaluguri Junction · 27 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Mon, District Hospital · 9 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Tanhai compares
By population, Tanhai ranks #5 of 11 villages in Wakching mandal.
Literacy rate
%
63.5%
+10.3% vs mandal average
- Tanhai
- 63.5%
- Wakching mandal
- 53.2%
- Mon district
- 47.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
998
+35 vs mandal average
- Tanhai
- 998
- Wakching mandal
- 963
Household size
people per home
5.4
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Tanhai
- 5.4
- Wakching mandal
- 5.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Tanhai at a glance
Tanhai is a village of 1,237 people in 227 households (Census 2011) in Wakching block, Mon district, Nagaland, the 5th-largest of 11 villages in Wakching block. Literacy is 64%, 10 points above the block average of 53% and the sex ratio is 998 women per 1,000 men. It lies 14 km from the Mon district centre, 27 km from Simaluguri Junction railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 798622, served by Naginimora post office; the LGD village code is 267022. The nearest hospital or health centre is Mon, District Hospital, 9 km away. The village votes in Wakching assembly constituency, represented by MLA W Chingang Konyak. The population is estimated at 1,458 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Tanhai
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 20
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- MON
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 22
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 22
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 11
- All-weather road
- Yes
- 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 · Tanhai
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Key facts — Tanhai
- LGD code
- 267022
- Pincode
- 798622
- Post office
- Naginimora
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,237
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,458
- Households
- 227
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 998
- Literacy rate
- 63.5%
- Coordinates
- 26.73520°N, 94.94324°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Nagaland
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Wakching
- Member of Parliament
- S. Supongmeren Jamir
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- W Chingang Konyak
- Block / Mandal
- Wakching
Getting there
How to reach Tanhai
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kohima144 kmcapital
- Kolkata810 km
- Delhi1757 km
- Hyderabad1986 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSimaluguri Junction27 km
- Bus stopNagaland State Transport8 km
- Hospital / PHCMon, District Hospital9 km
- ATM / bankLONGLENG30 km
- Petrol pumpAssam Oil34 km
- CollegeSapekhati College46 km
- Police stationAmguri Police Station43 km
Same pincode
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View all 13 →Sources & freshness
- 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)