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Locations · Nagaland

Seventeen districts, many Naga languages, one link language

Bharat Survey is a survey company in Nagaland for departments, NGOs, researchers, brands and campaign teams. Villages here are governed by their own village councils under the state's 1978 Act, and each Naga tribe has its own language, so we write tools in English and Nagamese with tribe-language prompts, inform councils before listing, and verify every interview with GPS and time.

Plan a Nagaland survey Neighbouring Assam
  • English and Nagamese questionnaires
  • Village council-aware listing
  • Offline app for eastern districts
  • Tribe-wise language review
Constituency 172 · Survey round 2Updated 12s ago · sample
3,000
Target homes
2,184
Visits
1,962
Completed
1,871
Accepted
Daily accepted surveysLast 12 days
17 districts60 assembly seats1 Lok Sabha seatArticle 371AVillage councilsNagamese link languageKohima and Dimapur2024 urban local body polls
Electoral research

Nagaland's seats are organised largely along tribal and district lines, and consensus-building within villages shapes how voters talk about politics.

We sample villages within each constituency rather than individuals picked on the roadside, since household views are often discussed collectively. Questions are neutral, asked in English or Nagamese with tribe-language prompts, and we report seats in the eastern districts apart from Kohima and Dimapur, where urban issues dominate.

Assembly and Lok Sabha

The 60-member assembly was last elected in 2023, with a single Lok Sabha seat covering the whole state. An assembly election survey agency Nagaland campaigns trust should explain the design effect of village clustering, not only the headline sample.

Nagaland at a glance

Capital
Kohima
Districts
17
Meluri notified as 17th district on 2 Nov 2024
Assembly seats
60
Unicameral; last general election 2023
Lok Sabha seats
1
Special provision
Article 371A of the Constitution
Village level
Village councils under the Nagaland Village and Area Councils Act, 1978
Urban bodies
Kohima, Dimapur and Mokokchung Municipal Councils; town councils
Elections held 26 June 2024, the first since 2004, with 33% of wards reserved for women
Official language
English; Nagamese widely used as link language

Sources: Election Commission of India · Chief Electoral Officer, Nagaland · Government of Nagaland · Local Government Directory · DIPR Nagaland: Meluri inaugurated as 17th district · Akashvani News: ULB elections with 33% women's reservation

Towns

Survey company in Kohima

Kohima, the capital, is governed by the Kohima Municipal Council and sits in the Angami heartland, with its wards spread across hill slopes. As a survey agency in Kohima we cover colonies, wards and nearby villages as separate strata. Campaigns brief us as a political survey company in Kohima or an election survey agency in Kohima, and brands use the same team as a market research company in Kohima. Departments hire a data collection agency in Kohima that works as a door to door survey agency in Kohima. Booth management app Kohima teams keep offline task lists and sync with GPS.

Survey company in Dimapur

Dimapur, in the foothills beside Assam, is Nagaland's commercial centre and home to its main railway station and airport, with a mixed population from across the state and beyond. A survey agency in Dimapur needs Nagamese, Hindi and English versions. Campaigns use us as a political survey company in Dimapur or an election survey agency in Dimapur, while wholesalers use us as a market research company in Dimapur. As a data collection agency in Dimapur we also act as a door to door survey agency in Dimapur. Booth management app Dimapur users log GPS-stamped visits.

Our view on research in Nagaland

Election types

State-wide

Assembly and Lok Sabha

  • 60 constituencies, one parliamentary seat
  • Village-clustered samples
  • Eastern districts reported apart
Urban

Municipal and town councils

  • Held in June 2024, the first since 2004
  • Ward samples in Kohima, Dimapur and towns
  • Women's reservation context in ward issues
Booth operations

The booth management app Nagaland volunteers use stores tasks and visit logs offline in Mon, Tuensang, Kiphire and other eastern districts where network is patchy, and syncs later with GPS and time. It imports no voter-list personal data.

Public sector

01Households through village councilsListing

Households through village councils

Village councils and village development boards know their households; we list with their input and LGD village codes.

District household survey · Round 1Updated 12s ago · sample
3,000
Target homes
2,184
Visits
1,962
Enumerated
1,871
Verified
Daily verified recordsLast 12 days
02Seventeen districts, uneven accessDistricts

Seventeen districts, uneven access

Newer districts such as Meluri, Shamator and Noklak are sampled with travel days shown in the budget.

Survey 3/6 · AmenitiesOffline
How is drinking water in your area?
  • Comes regularly
  • Comes sometimes
  • Rarely / never
  • Don't know
✓ Section saved on phone · autosave
BackNext
Evaluation

Community-managed schemes

Where village councils manage assets such as water supply, we verify on site with consent-first photos and interview both council members and ordinary households.

Independent supervision

Enumerators report to our supervisors, and a fixed share of households is re-visited before records are accepted.
CSR

Design

  • Comparison villages from the same tribe area
  • Council consent recorded
  • Tribe-language prompts piloted

Reporting

  • Results by district where sample allows
  • Limits of village clustering stated
  • Dataset and codebook handed over
Consumers

Dimapur wholesale, Kohima retail

Trade audits in Dimapur's markets and shopper interviews in Kohima, reported apart.

Nagamese shopper interviews

Nagamese works across tribes in markets; we pilot it alongside English.
Field operations

Trained per project, verified per record

We recruit and train enumerators for the project, preferring speakers of the tribe languages in the sampled districts. Records sync with GPS, time and duration for supervisor review.

Location evidence
Survey #BS-0412
  • In areaInside approx. boundary
  • Accuracy±12 m
  • Time09:42 · fresh fix
  • Mock GPSNot detected
  • Interview length11 min
Added to accepted count
NGOs

Church bodies, student unions and women's organisations are active in Nagaland's social sector. NGO studies on health, livelihoods or schooling get consent read in the respondent's language, private interviews, and aggregate dashboards with no names.

Not the right fit if

  • You want to survey villages without informing the village council
  • You want voter-list personal data in the app
  • You need a guaranteed election outcome

A good fit if

  • Tribe-aware language review
  • Eastern-district fieldwork offline
  • Auditable GPS-stamped records

Assam

Neighbouring state hub.

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All locations

State hubs and city pages.

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Arunachal Pradesh

Hill state fieldwork.

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Delhi

Delhi fieldwork.

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Chandigarh

Union territory coverage.

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Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh state hub.

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FAQ

Straight answers to the questions people ask most about this topic.

Which language should a Nagaland questionnaire use?

English is the official language and Nagamese is the common link language in markets and towns. Each tribe also has its own language, so for village interviews we add prompts in the relevant language, reviewed by native speakers, and pilot all versions before fieldwork.

Do outside enumerators need an Inner Line Permit?

Nagaland requires an Inner Line Permit for visitors from outside the state, including in Dimapur under current rules. We prefer enumerators resident in Nagaland and add permit time for any outside supervisors, checking the latest state notification at inception.

Why involve village councils?

Village councils have statutory roles under the 1978 Act and strong local authority. Informing them before listing avoids refusals and misunderstandings. We explain the purpose and data use, but individual responses stay confidential and are never shared with the council.

Do you have an office in Kohima or Dimapur?

We do not claim one. Field teams are deployed per project: we recruit and train enumerators for the study and supervise quality with GPS, timestamps and back-checks in the app.

Sources: Election Commission of India · Chief Electoral Officer, Nagaland · Government of Nagaland · Tourism Nagaland: districts

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