In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Mon one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640).

[8] The most colourful festival of the Konyaks, Aoling (Aoleng), is observed during the first week of April every year.

Konyaks decorate their houses with skulls, hornbill beaks, elephant tusks, horns and wooden statues.

The Angh's house is always the largest in the village, with a display of skulls in the front as a testament to his capability as a leader.

Anghs still rule over the villages of Chi, Mon, Shangnyu, Lungwa, Tangnyu, Sheanghah Chingnyu, Jaboka.

They make excellent wood carvings, daos (machetes), guns, gunpowder, head brushes, headgear, necklaces, etc.

The older males wear large earrings made of boar horn and a loincloth.

The Konyak women are adept in weaving intricate traditional designs and in bead craft.

During festivals, the males wear colourful shawls and headgear decorated with feathers, and dance with daos or spears and guns chanting/singing rhythmically.

They also farm in the hills by clearing the forests using a method of controlled burning called "Jhum".

Ruled by the chief Angh, Shangnyu is one of the prominent villages in Mon District.

Lungwa (Longwa) is one of the biggest villages in Mon District and sits on the India-Myanmar international border.

He has 60 wives and he rules over 60 villages of the Konyak tribe extending up to Myanmar and Arunachal Pradesh.