Lohit district
Lohit district | ||
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Vidhan Sabha constituencies 1 | | |
Area | ||
• Total | 2,402 km2 (927 sq mi) | |
Population (2011)[1] | ||
• Total | 49,776 | |
• Density | 21/km2 (54/sq mi) | |
Demographics | ||
• Literacy | 69.9%[1] | |
• Sex ratio | 901[1] | |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) | |
Major highways | nh-13 | |
Website | lohit |
Lohit (/ˈləʊhɪt/) is an administrative district in the state of Arunachal Pradesh in India. The district headquarters is located at Tezu. As of 2011 it is the third most populous district of Arunachal Pradesh, after Papum Pare and Changlang.[1]
Etymology
It was known earlier as the Mishmi Hills. The district is named after the Lohit River and consists of the river valley and hills/mountains to the North and South.
History
During
and Mishmi Expedition in the first decade of 20th century.In June 1980, Dibang Valley district was split from Lohit (and has since been bifurcated again to create the new Lower Dibang Valley district).[2] On 16 February 2004, Anjaw district was carved out from the northern part of Lohit district bordering Tibet and Myanmar, with its headquarters at Hawai. Anjaw was carved out under the Arunachal Pradesh Re-organization of Districts Amendment Bill.[2] Namsai was split from Lohit in 2013.
Geography
Divisions
There are four
Transport
The area is highly inaccessible, and it was only in 2004 that a permanent bridge has been made operational across the Lohit at the
Demographics
According to the
Lohit is the home of the
Languages
The most populous language spoken in the district is Nepali, with 28.19% of the population. 24.02% speak Mishmi, 16.4% Hindi, 9.09% Bengali, 5.41% Assamese, 2.87% Adi, 1.73% Odia as their first language.[6]
Religion
Flora and fauna
In 1989 Lohit district became home to the Kamlang
In the western part of the district, north of the Lohit River occurs the new subspecies of hoolock gibbon, which has been described and named as Mishmi Hills hoolock H. h. mishmiensis.[9] A new giant flying squirrel named as Mishmi Hills giant flying squirrel also occurs north of the Lohit River.[10]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in.
- ^ a b Law, Gwillim (25 September 2011). "Districts of India". Statoids. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
- ^ "Assembly Constituencies allocation w.r.t District and Parliamentary Constituencies". Chief Electoral Officer, Arunachal Pradesh website. Archived from the original on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
- ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
Saint Lucia 161,557 July 2011 est.
- ^ "Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India". censusindia.gov.in.
- ^ M. Paul Lewis, ed. (2009). "Galo: A language of India". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (16th ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
- ^ "Population by religion community – 2011". Census of India, 2011. The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 25 August 2015.
- ^ Indian Ministry of Forests and Environment. "Protected areas: Arunachal Pradesh". Archived from the original on 23 August 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
- ^ .A. U. Choudhury (2013). Description of a new subspecies of hoolock gibbon Hoolock hoolock from North East India. The Newsletter & Journal of the Rhino Foundation for nat. in NE India 9: 49–59.
- ^ .A. U. Choudhury (2009). One more new species of giant flying squirrel of the genus Petaurista Link, 1795 from Arunachal Pradesh in north-east India. Newsletter & J. Rhino Foundation NE India 8: 27–35, plates".