Key facts
- Country
- India
- State
- Nagaland
- Seat
- Wokha
- Assembly constituencies
- 4 constituencies
- Total
- 1,628 km (629 sq mi)
- Density
- 102.2/km (264.6/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30 ( IST )
- Iso 3166 code
- IN-NL -WO
- Major highways
- NH 2
- Website
- http://wokha.nic.in/
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- district of India
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Nagaland
- Capital
- Wokha
- Population
- 166343
- Area
- 1628
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Shares border with
- Jorhat district
- Official website
- wokha.nic.in
- Households
- 31891
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- topic's main category
- Category:Wokha district
- male population
- 84505
- female population
- 81838
- urban population
- 35004
- rural population
- 131339
- literate population
- 128208
- illiterate population
- 38135
- short name
- WKH
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Wokha district (Pron:/ˈwəʊkə/) is a district of Nagaland state in India. It is the home of the Lotha Nagas. Gastronomically, it known for its variety of fermented bamboo shoots (bastenga). It holds an important place as the roosting site of the migratory Amur Falcon. Geologically, it has known oil deposits.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wokha district” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.