Alichen is a town in Mokokchung district

Mokokchung District

Mokokchung is a district of Nagaland state in India. The town of Mokokchung is its headquarters. It is the home of the Ao Naga tribe. It covers an area of 1,615 km². It is bounded by the state of Assam to its north, Wokha to its west, Tuensang to its east, and Zunheboto to its...

 of Nagaland state in India. It is situated south of Mokokchung

Mokokchung

Mokokchung is a town and a municipality in Mokokchung district in the Indian state of Nagaland. It is the district headquarter as well as the main urban hub of Mokokchung district. Mokokchung is the cultural center of the Ao people and is economically and politically the most important urban...

 town. It is the headquarter of the 2nd Battalion of the Nagaland Armed Forces(NAP). 2001 census figures put the town's population at 4403 with 880 households. The number of children below the age of five is 572. Alichen is part of the Alichen-Mokokchung-DEF urban agglomeration.