Lepa Rada district
Lepa Rada district | |
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| Country | File:Flag of India.svg India |
| State | Arunachal Pradesh |
| Established | 2018 |
| Headquarters | Basar |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 791101[1] |
| Website | https://s353fde96fcc4b4ce72d7739202324cd49.s3waas.gov.in |
Lepa Rada district, with headquarters at Basar, is one of the 28 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.
History
[edit | edit source]The district was created in 2018 by bifurcating the Lower Siang district.[4]
Demographics
[edit | edit source]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]
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
[edit | edit source]People
Lepa Rada is inhabited by the Galo tribe. Mopin being the main festival of harvest.
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue
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