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| settlement_type = [[List of districts of Nagaland|District]] of [[Nagaland]]<br />
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| seat = [[Shamator]]<br />
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| population_as_of = 2011<br />
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| leader_title = [[Lok Sabha]] Constituency<br />
| leader_name = [[Nagaland (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nagaland]]<br />
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| leader_title2 = [[Deputy commissioner|Deputy Commissioner]]<br />
| leader_name2 = Thsüvisie Phoji<br />
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'''Shamator District''' is the 16th [[List of districts of Nagaland|district]] of the Indian state of [[Nagaland]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Nagaland govt grants district status to Shamator|url=https://theprint.in/india/nagaland-govt-grants-district-status-to-shamator/807811/|newspaper=[[ThePrint]]|date=19 January 2022|access-date=19 January 2022}}</ref> It was created on 19 January 2022 and was officially inaugurated on 4 March 2022.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rio inaugurates Shamator district|url=https://www.nagalandpost.com/index.php/rio-inaugurates-shamator-district/|newspaper=[[Nagaland Post]]|date=5 March 2022|access-date=5 March 2022}}</ref> The district headquarter is located in the town of [[Shamator]].<br />
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== History ==<br />
Shamator District was created on 19 January 2022 as the 16th district of Nagaland. The new district has the same boundaries as the former Shamator sub-division of [[Tuensang district|Tuensang District]], Chessore Sub-division including Mangko EAC Circle, Administrative area of Sotokur EAC Circle excluding Chingmelen, Helipong and Sipongsang villages, Tsurungto EAC Circle under Shamator sub-division, including Hutanger, Anatongre, Pungrungru, Nutsu, Maihpok and Tsuthu, under Kiphire district, which stand transferred to Tsurungto EAC circle.<br />
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== Demographics ==<br />
According to the [[2011 census of India]] the then Shamator circle of Tuensang District had a population of 12,726. Shamator circle had a sex ratio of 988 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 66.25%. Scheduled Tribes make up 99.03% of the population. The majority of the inhabitants are the [[Tikhir Naga|Tikhir]] and [[Yimkhiung Naga]]s.<ref name="demographics">{{cite web |title=District Census Hand Book – Tuensang |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/906/download/36492/DH_2011_1307_PART_A_DCHB_TUENSANG.pdf|website=[[Census of India]] |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>[[File:Yimkhiung Naga Cultural Troupe.jpg|thumb|Yimkhiung Naga Cultural Troupe|left|180x180px]]<br />
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== Towns and villages ==<br />
* Chassir (601), Lasikiur (242), Liangkonger (785), Muleangkiur (887), Sangphur (2,314), Shamator Hq (4,257), Shamator Village (1,159), Waphur (996), Yakor (1,078).<br />
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== Religion ==<br />
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Christianity is the major religion here, with 98.88% of the population.<ref name="religion">{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Population by Religion - Nagaland |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11386/download/14499/DDW13C-01%20MDDS.XLS |website=[[Census of India]] |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref><br />
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== Language ==<br />
At the time of the 2011 census, 90.44% of the population spoke [[Yimkhiungrü language|Yimchungre]] and 7.85% [[Tikhir language|Tikhir]] as their first language.<ref name="language">{{Cite web |title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Nagaland |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10193/download/13305/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-2800.XLSX |website=[[Census of India]] |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref><br />
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== Transportation ==<br />
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The [[National Highway 202 (India)|NH 202]] passes through the district.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Nagaland]]<br />
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|North = [[Noklak district|Noklak District ]]<br />
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|West = [[Zünheboto district|Zünheboto District]]<br />
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