Nagaland had the highest decadal growth in the country during 1991-2001 recording 64.41 per cent against the national growth of 21.34 per cent as per the provisional population totals of Census 2001. Nagaland is followed by Manipur with 30.02 per cent, Meghalaya with 29.94 per cent, Mizoram with 29.18 per cent, Arunachal Pradesh 26.21 per cent, Assam 18.85 per cent and Tripura 15.74 per cent. Manipur has the highest sex ratio with 978 among the seven North-Eastern states against the national ratio of 933. In the region Manipur is followed by Meghalaya 975, Tripura 950, Mizoram 938, Assam 932, Nagaland 909 and Arunachal Pradesh with 901. With regard to population density against the national level of 324 per sq km, the highest in the NE region is recorded in Assam with 340, while the lowest is in Arunachal Pradesh at 13, which is also the lowest in the country. Tripura has a population density of 30, Nagaland 120, Manipur 107, Meghalaya 103 and Mizoram 42, the Census states.

The national literacy rate is 65.38 per cent with female literacy rate being 54.16 per cent and 75.85 per cent male. In the North-East Mizoram has the highest rate with 88.49 per cent, being the second highest in the country after Kerala with 90.9 per cent. Mizoram has 86.13 per cent of its women and 90.69 per cent males literate, followed by Tripura with 73.66 per cent literacy rate 64.41 per cent female and 81.47 per cent male), Manipur with 68.87 per cent (59.70 per cent female and 77.87 per cent male), Nagaland 67.11 per cent (61.92 per cent female and 71.73 per cent male).

Meghalaya despite being a state with matrilineal structure, has a lower literacy rate for females at 60.41 per cent against 66.14 per cent male with an overall literacy rate of 63.31 per cent.

The lowest rate in the region is in Arunachal Pradesh with 54.74 literacy rate recording female literacy at 44.24 per cent and for males at 64.07 per cent, according to the provisional Census.

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