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Chaglagam is a village and the headquarters of an eponymous
/ref> It is on the bank of the Delei River. The Chaglagam Circle contains the upper basin of the Delei River, on the border theAnjaw District Census Handbook, Part A
Census of India, 2012, p. 20.
The population consists of primarily
Chaglagam is situated on the bank of the Delei River, which is a substantial tributary of the
circle
A circle is a shape consisting of all points in a plane that are at a given distance from a given point, the centre. Equivalently, it is the curve traced out by a point that moves in a plane so that its distance from a given point is const ...
in the Anjaw district
Anjaw District (Pron:/ˈændʒɔ:/) (Burmese : အန်််ကျော) is an administrative district in the state of Arunachal Pradesh in north-east India. It was created district in 2004, by splitting off from the Lohit district under the ...
in the north-eastern state
North-Eastern State is a former administrative division of Nigeria. It was created on 27 May 1967 from parts of the Northern Region. Its capital was the city of Maiduguri. The North-Eastern is also full of agriculture and food.
On 3 February 19 ...
of Arunachal Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh (, ) is a state in Northeastern India. It was formed from the erstwhile North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA) region, and became a state on 20 February 1987. It borders the states of Assam and Nagaland to the south. It shares int ...
, India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
.2011 Census of India: Chaglagam/ref> It is on the bank of the Delei River. The Chaglagam Circle contains the upper basin of the Delei River, on the border the
Zayul County
Zayul County
()
KNAB, retrieved 5 July 2021. Tibet Autonomous Region The Tibet Autonomous Region or Xizang Autonomous Region, often shortened to Tibet or Xizang, is a Provinces of China, province-level Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China in Southwest China. I ...
. It has a population of 1,681 people, distributed in 18 villages, as per the 2011 census.KNAB, retrieved 5 July 2021. Tibet Autonomous Region The Tibet Autonomous Region or Xizang Autonomous Region, often shortened to Tibet or Xizang, is a Provinces of China, province-level Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China in Southwest China. I ...
Census of India, 2012, p. 20.
Digaro Mishmi people
The Mishmi people of Tibet and Arunachal Pradesh are an ethnic group located in the northeastern tip of the central Arunachal Pradesh in Upper and Lower Dibang Valley, Lohit and Anjaw Districts, all bordering southern Tibet in northeast India. ...
.
Geography
Chaglagam is situated on the bank of the Delei River, which is a substantial tributary of the Lohit River
The Lohit River, also known as the Zayul Chu by the Tibetans and Tellu by the Mishmis, is a river in China and India, which joins the Brahmaputra River in the state of Assam. It is formed in the Zayul County of the Tibet Autonomous Region, ...
. The Delei River rises below the Glei Pass
on the border with Tibet, and flows through the Chaglagam Circle along with its numerous tributaries (Duren, Kajap, Kazumiyo, Kalangmiyo etc.). It joins the Lohit River near Hayuliang
Hayuliang is a town and the headquarters of an eponymous subdivision in the Anjaw district in the north-eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, India.Map of Anjaw
Anjaw District website, retrieved 5 July 2021. Hayuliang is the nearest town to Chaglagam. It is also the headquarters of the Hayuliang Subdivision, which includes Chaglagam. The Chaglagam Circle borders the
Anjaw District website, retrieved 5 July 2021. Hayuliang is the nearest town to Chaglagam. It is also the headquarters of the Hayuliang Subdivision, which includes Chaglagam. The Chaglagam Circle borders the
Zayul County
Zayul County
()
KNAB, retrieved 5 July 2021. Zayul valley. It was said to take 5 days march to Glei Pass from
here
an
here
Chaglagam Circle
OpenStreetMap, retrieved 2 December 2021. {{Minority Concentrated Districts in India Villages in Anjaw district Borders of Arunachal Pradesh
KNAB, retrieved 5 July 2021. Zayul valley. It was said to take 5 days march to Glei Pass from
Rima
Rima, also known as Rima the Jungle Girl, is the fictional heroine of W. H. Hudson's 1904 novel '' Green Mansions: A Romance of the Tropical Forest''. In it, Rima, a primitive girl of the shrinking rain forest of South America, meets Abel, a pol ...
in Tibet and another 20 days to reach Sadiya
Sadiya is a town in Tinsukia district, Assam. It was the capital of the Chutia Kingdom and after the downfall of the kingdom it became the seat of the ''Sadiya-khowa-Gohain'' of the Ahom kingdom. Extensive remains of buildings and fortificati ...
in Assam.
Another pass called Hadigra, to the west of Glei Pass, was also used, but less often.
Confidential note of the Chief of General Staff in 1912, reproduced in
To the northwest of the Chaglagam Circle is an anomalous jut-in of Tibetan territory called Fishtail-II, a relic of inadequate surveying in the 1914 McMahon Line
The McMahon Line is the boundary between Tibet and British India as agreed in the maps and notes exchanged by the respective plenipotentiaries on 24–25 March 1914 at Delhi, as part of the 1914 Simla Convention.
The line delimited the resp ...
map. The region is patrolled by both Indian and Chinese troops and occasional stand-offs are reported.
Chinese incursions
In August 2013, China'sPeople's Liberation Army
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the principal military force of the People's Republic of China and the armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The PLA consists of five service branches: the Ground Force, Navy, Air Force, ...
troops had intruded 20 to 30 km inside the Indian territory and stayed there for 4 days before being sent back by India's Indo-Tibetan Border Police
The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) is a border patrol organization of India deployed along its borders with Tibet Autonomous Region. It is one of the seven Central Armed Police Forces, established in 1962 in the aftermath of the Sino-Indian ...
(ITBF).
Transportation
Chaglagam is located on the proposed Mago-Thingbu
Thingbu is a settlement in Tawang district in the north-eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, India.
Location
It is located on the proposed Mago-Thingbu to Vijaynagar Arunachal Pradesh Frontier Highway along the McMahon Line, alignment map ...
to Vijaynagar Arunachal Pradesh Frontier Highway along the McMahon Line
The McMahon Line is the boundary between Tibet and British India as agreed in the maps and notes exchanged by the respective plenipotentiaries on 24–25 March 1914 at Delhi, as part of the 1914 Simla Convention.
The line delimited the resp ...
, alignment map of which can be seehere
an
here
Demographics
As per the2011 Census of India
The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...
, Chaglagam has 192 residents across 29 households. 155 are male, and 37 are female.
Notes
References
Bibliography
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Chaglagam Circle
OpenStreetMap, retrieved 2 December 2021. {{Minority Concentrated Districts in India Villages in Anjaw district Borders of Arunachal Pradesh