HT Correspondent
DIMAPUR, May 7: The report on income disparity in Nagaland has indicated a high-income inequality in the state, with a Gini coefficient of 0.46.
According to the report, while the Gini coefficient for rural Nagaland is 0.42, the coefficient for urban Nagaland is 0.44, suggesting that the urban income inequality is only marginally higher than that of rural income inequality.
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The report was released by Nagaland chief secretary Sentiyanger Imchen at the Nagaland civil secretariat in Kohima on Thursday.
The report on income disparity in Nagaland is the outcome of a project undertaken as part of the central sector scheme of the ministry of statistics and programme implementation, Support for Statistical Strengthening Sub-scheme, which was conducted in collaboration with Hyderabad University.
The field survey of the report was undertaken between October 2024 and December 2024 and the reported data pertains to the calendar year of 2024.
A total of 4,396 household samples were collected to prepare the report.
In urban areas, altogether 1,315 households from 60 wards were surveyed, while a total of 3,080 households were surveyed from 140 villages in rural areas.
In terms of percentage share of income, the bottom 50% of the households receive about 18% of the total income of the state, whereas around 21% of the gross income is received by the top 5% of the households.
In relation to average monthly income, the top 5% receive a mean monthly income of Rs 71,028, while the bottom 50% receive an average monthly income of only Rs 1,639.
Among the districts, Longleng tops the high income inequality with a Gini coefficient of 0.492, while Phek has the lowest income disparity with a Gini coefficient of 0.366.
In rural areas also, Longleng tops the highest income inequality with a Gini coefficient of 0.456, while Zunheboto district has the lowest income disparity with a Gini coefficient of 0.330. Even among the urban areas, Longleng district showed the highest income inequality with a Gini coefficient of 0.509, while Zunheboto has the lowest income disparity with a Gini coefficient of 0.359.
