Chedema Village

Chedema, an Angami Naga village near Kohima, is known for its scenic paddy fields and relatively traditional agricultural lifestyle, offering visitors a glimpse of everyday rural Angami life within easy reach of the capital. The village's terraced fields and traditional houses reflect long-established farming practices still central to much of the surrounding Angami community's livelihood.

As with several villages near Kohima developing modest tourism infrastructure, Chedema offers a quieter, more agriculturally focused alternative to the more actively promoted heritage and conservation-focused villages like Khonoma, appealing to visitors interested in everyday rural Naga life. Seasonal farming activities, from planting to harvest, give repeat visits a genuinely different character depending on timing.

Chedema's agricultural traditions reflect the broader terraced farming practices long central to Angami Naga village life throughout the hills surrounding Kohima, practices that continue largely unchanged even as tourism has grown modestly across the wider region.

Near Kohima, easily reached by road.