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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Chendang is a village in Sangsangnyu mandal, Tuensang district, Nagaland, with a population of 862 across 162 households. The village has a literacy rate of 42.3% and is located at coordinates 26.193°N, 94.871°E.
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- LGD code
- 267955
- Pincode
- 798612
- Post office
- Tuensang
- Population
- 862
- Households
- 162
- Literacy rate
- 42.3%
- Sex ratio
- 928 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 452
- Distance to district centre
- 5 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 11 km
- Distance to Kohima
- 96 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 772 km
- Nearest railway station
- Tuli · 66 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Eleutheros Christian Society Hospital · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chendang compares
By population, Chendang ranks #3 of 12 villages in Sangsangnyu mandal.
Literacy rate
%
42.3%
−16.3% vs mandal average
Chendang42.3%
Sangsangnyu mandal58.6%
Tuensang district59.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
928
−8 vs mandal average
Chendang928
Sangsangnyu mandal936
Household size
people per home
5.3
−0.1 vs mandal average
Chendang5.3
Sangsangnyu mandal5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chendang at a glance
Chendang is a village of 862 people in 162 households (Census 2011) in Sangsangnyu block, Tuensang district, Nagaland, the 3rd-largest of 12 villages in Sangsangnyu block. Literacy is 42%, 16 points below the block average of 59% and the sex ratio is 928 women per 1,000 men. It lies 5 km from the Tuensang district centre, 66 km from Tuli railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 798612, served by Tuensang post office; the LGD village code is 267955. The nearest hospital or health centre is Eleutheros Christian Society Hospital, 8 km away. The village votes in Tuensang Sadar-II assembly constituency, represented by MLA Imtichoba. The population is estimated at 1,016 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chendang
- 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)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- TUENSANG
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 24
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 24
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 57
- 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.
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Key facts — Chendang
- LGD code
- 267955
- Pincode
- 798612
- Post office
- Tuensang
- Population (Census 2011)
- 862
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,016
- Households
- 162
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 928
- Literacy rate
- 42.3%
- Coordinates
- 26.19263°N, 94.87084°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Nagaland
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Tuensang Sadar-II
- Member of Parliament
- S. Supongmeren Jamir
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Imtichoba
- Block / Mandal
- Sangsangnyu
Getting there
How to reach Chendang
Distance to cities · straight line
- Kohima96 kmcapital
- Kolkata772 km
- Delhi1763 km
- Hyderabad1952 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationTuli66 km
- Hospital / PHCEleutheros Christian Society Hospital8 km
- ATM / bankLONGLENG33 km
- Petrol pumpBOC37 km
- CollegeFazl Ali College35 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 798612
- Tuensang VillageTuensang Sadar mandal8,974 pop
- Yangpi (Kongsang)Noksen mandal3,860 pop
- Noksen VillageNoksen mandal2,058 pop
- HakchangSangsangnyu mandal1,981 pop
- Noksen HqNoksen mandal1,884 pop
- LongraNoksen mandal1,734 pop
- SangtakNoksen mandal1,724 pop
- ChingeiChingmei mandal1,685 pop
- YaliNgoungchung mandal1,029 pop
Villages near Chendang
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- 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)