List of districts of Arunachal Pradesh
On December 1, 1965 the erstwhile North-East Frontier Agency was divided into five districts:
Districts
[change | change source]- Kameng Division (Bomdila[permanent dead link]): Tawang[permanent dead link], West Kameng, East Kameng
- Subansiri Division (Ziro): Papum Pare, Kurung Kumey, Kra Daadi, Lower Subansiri, Upper Subansiri
- Siang Division (Pasighat): West Siang, East Siang, Central Siang, Upper Siang
- Lohit-Dibang Division (Tezu): Upper Dibang Valley, Lower Dibang Valley, Anjaw, Lohit, Namsai
- Tirap Division (Khonsa): Changlang, Tirap, Longding
As of 2016, Arunachal Pradesh comprises 20 districts. Most of them are inhabited by various tribal groups. These are:[1]
| Code | District | Headquarters | Population (2011)[2] | Area (km²) | Density (/km²) | Map |
| TA | Tawang | Tawang Town | 49,950 | 2,085 | 19 |  |
| WK | West Kameng[permanent dead link] | Bomdila | 87,013 | 7,422 | 10 |  |
| EK | East Kameng | Seppa | 78,413 | 4,134 | 14 |  |
| PA | Papum Pare | Yupia | 176,385 | 2,875 | 42 |  |
| Kurung Kumey | Koloriang | 89,717 | 8,818 | 10 |  | |
| Kra Daadi | Jamin | |||||
| LB | Lower Subansiri | Ziro | 82,839 | 3,460 | 24 |  |
| UB | Upper Subansiri | Daporijo | 83,205 | 7,032 | 8 |  |
| WS | West Siang | Along | 112,272 | 8,325 | 12 |  |
| ES | East Siang | Pasighat | 99,019 | 4,005 | 22 |  |
| Central Siang | Pangin | |||||
| US | Upper Siang | Yingkiong | 33,146 | 6,188 | 5 |  |
| UD | Lower Dibang Valley | Roing | 53,986 | 3,900 | 14 |  |
| Upper Dibang Valley | Anini | 7,948 | 9,129 | 1 |  | |
| AJ | Anjaw | Hawai | 21,089 | 6,190 | 3 | .svg) |
| EL | Lohit | Tezu | 145,538 | 2,402 | 13 |  |
| Namsai | Namsai | |||||
| CH | Changlang | Changlang | 147,951 | 4,662 | 27 |  |
| TI | Tirap | Khonsa | 111,997 | 2,362 | 42 |  |
| LD | Longding | Longding | [3] | [3] | [3] | [3] |
New Proposals
[change | change source]- Rima district, from Changlang district. Sub-divisions: Diyun, Bordumsa, Kharsang, Jairampur, Nampong, Rima-Putak (Tikhak), Miao, and Vijoynagar
- Lower Siang district with headquarter in Likabali, from West Siang district and East Siang district
- Itanagar district, from Papum Pare district. Sub-divisions: Tarasso, Balijan, Sangdupota, Banderdava, Itanagar, and Naharlagun.
- Sagalee district, from Papum Pare district. Sub-divisions: Sagalee, Leporiang, Parang, and Mengio.
- North Subansiri district, from Kurung Kumey (Sub-divisions of Sarli, Damin), Kra Daadi (Sub-division of Pipsorang/Longding Koling) and Upper Subansiri (Sub-divisions of Taksing, Limeking, Nacho, Siyum) districts.
- Leparada district with headquarter in Basar
- Hayuliang district, from Anjaw district (Sub-divisions of Hayuliang, Metengliang, Chaglagam, Goiliang) and northeastern parts of Tezu circle in Lohit district.
Notes
[change | change source]- ↑ "At a glance". Government of Arunachal Pradesh website. Archived from the original on 2013-08-04. Retrieved 2017-09-26.
- ↑ "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in.
- 1 2 3 4 Longding is included as part of Tirap