# Shamshangching Village, Yongnyah, Longleng (Nagaland)

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Village · Yongnyah, Longleng 

# Shamshangching

Shamshangching is a village in Yongnyah sub-district of Longleng district, Nagaland. The 2011 Census counted **447 people in 115 households**, the 8th largest of 11 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.2%.

- 447people (2011)
- 115households
- 76.0%literacy
- 878females per 1,000 males

## Shamshangching PIN code and other codes

Shamshangching falls in Yongnyah sub-district, Longleng district, Nagaland.

- Community development blockTamlu
- Census village code268057

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Shamshangching from nearby towns?

- Yongnyah Hq (sub-district HQ)1 km by road
- Longleng (district HQ)25 km by road
- Longleng (nearest town)25 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Shamshangching?

2 services counted by the Census are inside Shamshangching; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Longleng
- ○Degree college10+ km · Longleng
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Kohima
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercanal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 10 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Shamshangching known for?

The main crops are **paddy, ginger and banana**. Products made here include bamboo basket, mat and wooden box. 

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Shamshangching

Of every 100 households in Shamshangching in 2011, 0 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shamshangching · ■ Yongnyah rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**6%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**100%

Use banking services ****0%**

**8%

Television ****0%**

**2%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**17%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**1%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**0%

None of these assets ****92%**

**74%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Shamshangching?

■ Shamshangching · ■ Yongnyah rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.0%**

**64.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****878**

**914

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****860**

**870

Working population ****67.8%**

**64.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.1% for men and 71.2% for women. 69% of men and 66% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 160 (53%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 5 (2%) · **■** Other work 26 (9%) · **■** Marginal 111 (37%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Yongnyah

- Yongam1,304 people
- Yongshei1,285 people
- Yongnyah Hq458 people
- Chingong449 people
- Amosen440 people
- Yungja320 people
- Yotan S/Comp11 people

[All 11 villages in Yongnyah](https://wherepedia.org/india/nagaland/longleng/yongnyah/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Shamshangching from Longleng?25 km by road
- What is the population of Shamshangching?447 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shamshangching in?Longleng district (Yongnyah sub-district), Nagaland
- What is the literacy rate of Shamshangching?76.0% (Census 2011)