List of districts of Arunachal Pradesh

History

Original districts

On December 1, 1965 the erstwhile North-East Frontier Agency was divided into five districts:

  1. Kameng district
  2. Subansiri district
  3. Siang district
  4. Lohit district
  5. Tirap district

Timeline

Administrative set-up

The districts of Arunachal Pradesh state are administrative geographical units, each headed by a deputy commissioner, an officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service and a superintendent of police, an officer belonging to the Indian Police Service.

Districts

As of 2015, Arunachal Pradesh comprises 19 districts. Most of them are inhabited by various tribal groups. These are:[1]

Code District Headquarters Population (2011)[2] Area (km²) Density (/km²) Map
AJ Anjaw Hawai 21,089 6,190 3
CH Changlang Changlang 147,951 4,662 27
EK East Kameng Seppa 78,413 4,134 14
ES East Siang Pasighat 99,019 4,005 22
EL Lohit Tezu 145,538 2,402 13
LD Longding Longding [3] [3] [3] [3]
LB Lower Subansiri Ziro 82,839 3,460 24
PA Papum Pare Yupia 176,385 2,875 42
TA Tawang Tawang Town 49,950 2,085 19
TI Tirap Khonsa 111,997 2,362 42
UD Lower Dibang Valley Roing 53,986 3,900 14
US Upper Siang Yingkiong 33,146 6,188 5
UB Upper Subansiri Daporijo 83,205 7,032 8
WK West Kameng Bomdila 87,013 7,422 10
WS West Siang Along 112,272 8,325 12
Upper Dibang Valley Anini 7,948 9,129 1
Kurung Kumey Koloriang 89,717 8,818 10
Namsai Namsai
Kra Daadi Jamin
Siang

Notes

  1. "At a glance". Government of Arunachal Pradesh website.
  2. "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Longding is included as part of Tirap
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