Tuli | |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Image Alt: | Nagalandmap.png |
Pushpin Map: | India |
Pushpin Label Position: | left state_name = Nagaland |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in India |
Coordinates: | 26.6565°N 94.6399°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Mokokchung District |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Elevation M: | 350 |
Population Total: | 7,864. |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 798618 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Area Code: | 91 (0)38643 |
Registration Plate: | NL-02 |
Tuli is a town in the Mokokchung District of Nagaland, India. It is located on the right bank of Milak river and is 80 km north of Mokokchung. It is here that the Langpangkong Range gently rises above the Melak plains. As such the topography of Tuli is marked by low rolling hills and a gentle plain. The town consists of two main areas, Tuli headquarters and Tzüdikong (Tuli Paper Mill Township).
the 2011 census, Tuli town had a population of 7,864.[1]
It is one of the three components that make up the town of Tuli. Together with Tuli Lenden and Tuli Paper Mill Township (Tzüdikong, population was 6,393), it forms the conglomerate of Tuli town which has a population of 15,252.
This wider definition makes it the second largest town in the Mokokchung district after Mokokchung and the largest non-district headquarters town in Nagaland.
The National Highway-61 passes through Tuli. The town is the junction of host of other state and district highways. The foothill-state highway to Naginimora (in Mon) as also highways to Longleng district and Changkikong. The Japukong and Asetkong ranges converge here. The Tuli Pulp and Paper industry is located here. A railway line connects Tuli Paper mill to Amguri in neighbouring Assam.
The town is a sub-divisional headquarters under an Additional Deputy Commissioner, stationed at Tuli headquarters.