Lepa Rada district, with headquarters at
Basar, is one of the 25
districts
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of
Arunachal Pradesh state in northeastern
India. Lepa Rada falls under 29-Basar Assembly Constituency and 1-West Parliamentary Constituency. The district is centrally located, hence the name Lepa Rada (Lepa means centre and Rada means bulls-eye like in Archery). Basar, Tirbin, Dari and Sago are 4 administrative circles of the district. It was created from the
West Siang district by bifurcating its southern areas along Assam border into a new district.
History
The district was created in 2018 by bifurcating the
Lower Siang district.
Demographics
At the time of the 2011 census, Lepa Rada district had a population of 14,490. Scheduled Tribes made up 11,235 (77.54%).
At the time of the 2011 census, 71.81% of the population spoke
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, 4.72%
Nepali
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* Anything of, from, or related to Nepal
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, 3.78%
Bengali
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* Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region
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, 3.60%
Adi, 3.27%
Hindi, 2.74%
Bhojpuri
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, 2.67%
Assamese
Assamese may refer to:
* Assamese people, a socio-ethnolinguistic identity of north-eastern India
* People of Assam, multi-ethnic, multi-linguistic and multi-religious people of Assam
* Assamese language, one of the easternmost Indo-Aryan language ...
and 1.08%
Boro as their first language.
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Culture
People
Lepa Rada is inhabited by the Galo tribe. Mopin
The 'Mopin' or 'Moopin' Festival is an agricultural festival celebrated by the Galo tribe of Arunachal Pradesh, India in particular of the Galo group of tribes which resides in East Siang and West Siang districts. It is a celebration of the h ...
being the main festival of harvest.
See also
* List of districts of Arunachal Pradesh
References
External links
Official website
Districts of Arunachal Pradesh
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