According to local legend, Dimapur, the largest city in Nagaland, is said to have been named after the Mahabharatha character Hidimba. It was earlier known as Hidimbapur, meaning the city of Hidimba. Hidimbapur came to be known as Dimbapur and then Dimapur.[2] Another legend says that the Dimapur is a corruption of Hidimbapur, meaning the city of Hidimbi,the sister of Hidimba who later married the Pandava prince Bhima and gave birth to Ghatotkacha.[3]
DemographicsEdit
Hindus constituted 14.36% of the state's population in 1981 census. The figure decreased to 7.70% in the 2001 census. In the 2011 census, it increased slightly to 8.75%. [4]
^The district was formed by upgrading the Niuland subdivision of Dimapur District.[7]
ReferencesEdit
^"C-01: Population by religious community, Nagaland - 2011". Retrieved 9 October 2022.
^"DID YOU KNOW How Dimapur got its name?". Retrieved 18 October 2022.
^Bathari, Uttam (2014). Memory History and polity a study of dimasa identity in colonial past and post colonial present (Ph.D.). Gauhati University. pp. 17–18. hdl:10603/115353.
^"Demographic shifts we must be worried about". Retrieved 9 October 2022.
^"C-01: Population by religious community, Nagaland - 2011". Retrieved 9 October 2022.
^"Niuland Circle Population, Caste, Religion Data - Dimapur district, Nagaland". www.censusindia.in. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
^"Nagaland creates 3 more districts". The Assam Tribune. December 18, 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
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