 Male literacy stands at 88.39% while female literacy rate is 83.68%.Chungtia villagers of Nagaland, India, have a strong reliance on plants as medicines.Previous studies have shown that 31 Chungtia medicinal plants (and parts therein) used customarily for skin related treatments possess antimicrobial properties against skin pathogens, strongly supporting the use of these plants by the Chungtia villagers.