Lepa_Rada_district

Lepa Rada district

Lepa Rada district

District of Arunachal Pradesh in India

Lepa Rada district, with headquarters at Basar, is one of the 25 districts of Arunachal Pradesh state in northeastern India. Lepa Rada falls under 29-Basar Assembly Constituency and 1-West Parliamentary Constituency. The district is centrally located, hence the name Lepa Rada (Lepa means centre and Rada means bulls-eye like in Archery). Basar, Tirbin, Dari and Sago are 4 administrative circles of the district. [2][3] It was created from the West Siang district by bifurcating its southern areas along Assam border into a new district.

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History

The district was created in 2018 by bifurcating the Lower Siang district.[4]

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 census, Lepa Rada district had a population of 14,490. Scheduled Tribes made up 11,235 (77.54%).[5] [citation needed]

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At the time of the 2011 census, 71.81% of the population spoke Galo, 4.72% Nepali, 3.78% Bengali, 3.60% Adi, 3.27% Hindi, 2.74% Bhojpuri, 2.67% Assamese and 1.08% Boro as their first language.[7]

Culture

People

Lepa Rada is inhabited by the Galo tribe. Mopin being the main festival of harvest.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Leparada PIN Code". zippinpostal.com. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  2. [2]
    "Arunachal Assembly Passes Bill For Creation Of 3 New Districts". NDTV.com. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  3. [3]
    "Arunachal Pradesh gets 25th district called Shi Yomi". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  4. [4]
    Arunachal Assembly passes bill for the creation of 3 new districts: List of Indian states that took birth post-independence, India Today, 30 Aug 2018.
  5. [5]
    "West Siang" (PDF). 2011 Census of India. District Census Handbooks - Arunachal Pradesh. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India.
  6. [6]
    "C-16 Population By Religion – Arunachal Pradesh". census.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India.
  7. [7]
    2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue

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