Lepa Rada district

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Lepa Rada district
District of Arunachal Pradesh
Lepa Rada district
Lepa-Rada district
Location in Arunachal Pradesh
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Arunachal Pradesh
Established2018
Headquarters Basar
Time zone UTC+05:30 (IST)

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. [1] [2] 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. [3]

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%). [4]

Religions in Lepa Rada district (2011) [5]
ReligionPercent
Donyi-Polo
 
51.51%
Christianity
 
27.38%
Hinduism
 
18.27%
Islam
 
1.85%
Buddhism
 
0.81%
Other or not stated
 
0.18%

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. [6]

Culture

People

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

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References

  1. ↑ "Arunachal Assembly Passes Bill For Creation Of 3 New Districts". NDTV.com. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "Arunachal Pradesh gets 25th district called Shi Yomi". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ "West Siang" (PDF). 2011 Census of India. District Census Handbooks - Arunachal Pradesh. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India.
  5. ↑ "C-16 Population By Religion – Arunachal Pradesh". census.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India.
  6. ↑ 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue

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