Kiphire
0.74 lakh people. Larger than Monaco or Vatican City. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 74,004 (0.74 lakh)
- Headquarters
- Kiphire
₹27 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Kiphire.
Source: NABARD PLP 2023-24
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NABARD's plan for Kiphire · PLP 2023-24
₹27 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
Term loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹8 cr
MSME
₹8 cr
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹7 cr
Agriculture infrastructure
₹1 cr
Kiphire, in Nagaland's easternmost corner bordering Myanmar, has a total credit potential of ₹26.77 crore for 2023-24. Farming and allied work dominate, taking about ₹17.38 crore (65%) of the plan, while small businesses (MSME) account for ₹7.50 crore. This is a small, remote, agrarian district where 90% of people farm and industry barely exists.
The biggest single opportunity is livestock: sheep, goat and piggery loans alone carry ₹5.18 crore of potential, matching the area's strong rearing tradition. Crop farming (rice, maize, millet, potato, soybean, rajma) is worth ₹7.43 crore. Fruit is a niche bright spot — apples grow abundantly in the frontier village of Thanamir. There is room in food and agro processing (₹0.42 crore) building on the 4 food units already running, and in horticulture and dairy. The plan pushes Farmer Producer Organizations under the One District One Product approach and integrated fish-cum-paddy farming.
The plan is blunt about what holds Kiphire back. Poor roads are called the single most critical problem — most villages lack good connectivity, so credit rarely reaches them. Only 3 bank branches serve the whole district. Markets, irrigation, cold storage and godowns are all missing. The plan urges using government RIDF/NIDA funds to build storage and processing, and converting mature self-help groups into producer organisations to handle post-harvest work.
What the plan promotes
- Crop production credit potential of ₹7.43 cr (28% of the plan) for staple crops rice, maize, millet, potato, soybean and rajma/kholar; gross cropped area 33,491 ha with 90% of people in agriculture.
- Sheep, goat and piggery term-loan potential of ₹5.18 cr is the single largest activity, reflecting strong livestock rearing (16 piggery and 7 poultry cooperative societies).
- Setting up model piggery farms and up-gradation of fish farms flagged under the state's ₹1044.86 cr agriculture allocation for 2022-23.
- Formation and promotion of Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) through two implementing agencies under the One District One Product (ODOP) approach.
- Integrated farming system, particularly fish-cum-paddy plus livestock, listed as a top thrust area for efficient resource use.
- Food and agro processing potential of ₹0.42 cr, with 4 food processing units and 2 spice (masala) units already operating in the district.
Gaps the plan names
- District lacks basic infrastructure: rural connectivity, markets, irrigation, storage godowns, extension and training support all need attention.
- Absence of a good road network connecting all villages is the most critical issue, hampering timely credit availability in unbanked areas (only 244.70 km pucca road, 29 villages with paved approach).
- Very limited banking presence: only 3 bank branches (SBI 2, NStCB 1) serving the district; just 5 villages have banking facilities.
- Limited use of farm machinery and poor rural infrastructure constrain agricultural productivity; adequate extension services with infrastructure needed.
- State Government should tap RIDF/NIDA funds to create storage godowns, cold storage, market sheds and processing units.
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What the plan promotes
- Crop production credit potential of ₹7.43 cr (28% of the plan) for staple crops rice, maize, millet, potato, soybean and rajma/kholar; gross cropped area 33,491 ha with 90% of people in agriculture.
- Sheep, goat and piggery term-loan potential of ₹5.18 cr is the single largest activity, reflecting strong livestock rearing (16 piggery and 7 poultry cooperative societies).
- Setting up model piggery farms and up-gradation of fish farms flagged under the state's ₹1044.86 cr agriculture allocation for 2022-23.
- Formation and promotion of Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) through two implementing agencies under the One District One Product (ODOP) approach.
- Integrated farming system, particularly fish-cum-paddy plus livestock, listed as a top thrust area for efficient resource use.
- Food and agro processing potential of ₹0.42 cr, with 4 food processing units and 2 spice (masala) units already operating in the district.
Gaps the plan names
- District lacks basic infrastructure: rural connectivity, markets, irrigation, storage godowns, extension and training support all need attention.
- Absence of a good road network connecting all villages is the most critical issue, hampering timely credit availability in unbanked areas (only 244.70 km pucca road, 29 villages with paved approach).
- Very limited banking presence: only 3 bank branches (SBI 2, NStCB 1) serving the district; just 5 villages have banking facilities.
- Limited use of farm machinery and poor rural infrastructure constrain agricultural productivity; adequate extension services with infrastructure needed.
- State Government should tap RIDF/NIDA funds to create storage godowns, cold storage, market sheds and processing units.
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About Kiphire
Kiphire district (Pron:/ˈkɪfɑɪə/) is a district in the Indian state of Nagaland and the native home of the Sangtam Nagas. At 1,130 square kilometres (440 sq mi), it is the tenth-most populous district of Nagaland as of 2011. It was carved out of Tuensang district, becoming a district in 2004 along with Longleng district. Headquartered at Kiphire town, the district is 230 kilometres from the state capital Kohima.
Source: Wikipedia — Kiphire district
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