East Siang district
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 Location of East Siang district in Arunachal Pradesh |
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| State | Arunachal Pradesh, India |
| Headquarters | Pasighat |
| Area | 4,005 km2 (1,546 sq mi) |
| Population | 99019[1] (2011) (2011) |
| Literacy | 73.5%[1] |
| Sex ratio | 962[1] |
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East Siang is an administrative district in the state of Arunachal Pradesh in India.
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[edit] History
In 1989 territory was transferred from West Siang district to East Siang.[2] A decade later, in 1999, the district was bifurcated to make Upper Siang district.[2]
[edit] Geography
The district headquarters are located at Pasighat. East Siang district occupies an area of 4,005 square kilometres (1,546 sq mi),[3] comparatively equivalent to Indonesia's Nias Island.[4]
[edit] Divisions
There are 5 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly constituencies located in this district: Panging, Nari-Koyu, Pasighat West, Pasighat East, and Mebo. All of these are part of Arunachal East Lok Sabha constituency.[5]
[edit] Demographics
According to the 2011 census East Siang district has a population of 99,019 ,[1] roughly equal to the nation of Kiribati.[6] This gives it a ranking of 615th in India (out of a total of 640).[1] The district has a population density of 27 inhabitants per square kilometre (70 /sq mi) .[1] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 13.3 %.[1] East Siang has a sex ratio of 962 females for every 1000 males,[1] and a literacy rate of 73.54 %.[1]
Various tribal groups of the Adi people live in various parts of the district. The local people traditionally follow Donyi-Polo, although a sizeable minority have been converted to Christianity.
[edit] Languages
Languages spoken include Adi, a Sino-Tibetan tongue with approximately 140 000 speakers, written in both the Tibetan and Latin scripts;[7] and Galo, an endangered language with 30 000 speakers, also in the Sino-Tibetan language family.[8]
[edit] Flora and fauna
In 1978 East Siang district became home to the D’Ering Memorial (Lali) Wildlife Sanctuary, which has an area of 190 km2 (73.4 sq mi).[9]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php.
- ^ a b Law, Gwillim (2011-09-25). "Districts of India". Statoids. http://www.statoids.com/yin.html. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
- ^ Srivastava, Dayawanti et al. (ed.) (2010). "States and Union Territories: Arunachal Pradesh: Government". India 2010: A Reference Annual (54th ed.). New Delhi, India: Additional Director General, Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India), Government of India. pp. 1113. ISBN 978-81-230-1617-7.
- ^ "Island Directory Tables: Islands by Land Area". United Nations Environment Program. 1998-02-18. http://islands.unep.ch/Tiarea.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-11. "Nias 4,048km2"
- ^ "Assembly Constituencies allocation w.r.t District and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Arunachal Pradesh website. http://ceoarunachal.nic.in/Information/ACwiseDistrictwisePCwise.htm. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
- ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html. Retrieved 2011-10-01. "Kiribati 100,743 July 2011 est."
- ^ M. Paul Lewis, ed. (2009). "Adi: A language of India". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (16th edition ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=adi. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
- ^ M. Paul Lewis, ed. (2009). "Galo: A language of India". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (16th edition ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=adl. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
- ^ Indian Ministry of Forests and Environment. "Protected areas: Arunachal Pradesh". http://oldwww.wii.gov.in/envis/envis_pa_network/index.htm. Retrieved September 25, 2011.
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