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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
New Tesen is a village in Tening mandal, Peren district, Nagaland, with a population of 2,093 across 324 households. The village has a literacy rate of 82.2% and is located at coordinates 25.426°N, 93.643°E.
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- LGD code
- 268373
- Pincode
- 797101
- Post office
- Peren
- Population
- 2,093
- Households
- 324
- Literacy rate
- 82.2%
- Sex ratio
- 777 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,482
- Distance to district centre
- 6 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 8 km
- Distance to Kohima
- 54 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 623 km
- Nearest railway station
- Sukhovi · 38 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Azailong, PHC · 2 km
Census 2011 · in context
How New Tesen compares
By population, New Tesen ranks #5 of 21 villages in Tening mandal.
Literacy rate
%
82.2%
+19.5% vs mandal average
- New Tesen
- 82.2%
- Tening mandal
- 62.7%
- Peren district
- 65.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
777
−137 vs mandal average
- New Tesen
- 777
- Tening mandal
- 914
Household size
people per home
6.5
+0.8 vs mandal average
- New Tesen
- 6.5
- Tening mandal
- 5.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
New Tesen at a glance
New Tesen is a village of 2,093 people in 324 households (Census 2011) in Tening block, Peren district, Nagaland, the 5th-largest of 21 villages in Tening block. Literacy is 82%, 20 points above the block average, and the sex ratio is 777 women per 1,000 men. It lies 6 km from the Peren district centre, 38 km from Sukhovi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 797101, served by Peren post office; the LGD village code is 268373. The nearest hospital or health centre is Azailong, PHC, 2 km away. The village votes in Tenning assembly constituency, represented by MLA Namri Nchang. The population is estimated at 2,468 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Key facts — New Tesen
- LGD code
- 268373
- Pincode
- 797101
- Post office
- Peren
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,093
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,468
- Households
- 324
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 777
- Literacy rate
- 82.2%
- Coordinates
- 25.42627°N, 93.64284°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Nagaland
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Tenning
- Member of Parliament
- S. Supongmeren Jamir
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Namri Nchang
- Block / Mandal
- Tening
Getting there
How to reach New Tesen
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kohima54 kmcapital
- Kolkata623 km
- Delhi1665 km
- Hyderabad1804 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSukhovi38 km
- Hospital / PHCAzailong, PHC2 km
- ATM / bankSBI25 km
- CollegePatkai Christian College45 km
- Police stationpolice reserve playground50 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 797101
Villages near New Tesen
Other villages in Tening mandal
View all 25 →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)