Wakro (Wakro H.Q.) is a village in Wakro circle of the

Lohit district Lohit () 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. Etymology ...

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code of Wakro is 792102. Wakro is connected by two national highways, National Highway 13 and

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Demographics

As per

2011 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 ...

, total number of households in Wakro was 304 and total population was 1,215 persons. There were total of 617 male persons and 598 females and a total number of 158 children of 6 years or below in Wakro. The percentage of male population was 50.8% and the percentage of female population was 49.2%. Average Sex Ratio of wakro is 969 which is higher than Arunachal Pradesh state average of 938. The local population is primarily

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. ...

Tourist attractions

There are a number of tourist attractions near Wakro. *

Parshuram Kund Parshuram Kund is a Hindu pilgrimage sites situated on the Brahmaputra plateau in the lower reaches of the Lohit River and 21 km north of Tezu in Lohit district of Arunachal Pradesh, India. Dedicated to sage Parshuram, the popular site a ...

Kamlang Wildlife Sanctuary The Kamlang Wildlife Sanctuary, established in 1989, is the 50th Tiger reserve in India. The Sanctuary is rich with floral and faunal diversity. It is situated in the Lohit District of the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. The p ...

Namdapha National Park Namdapha National Park is a large protected area in Arunachal Pradesh of Northeast India. The park was established in 1983. With more than 1,000 floral and about 1,400 faunal species, it is a biodiversity hotspot in the Eastern Himalayas. The ...

* Glao Lake

References

External links

District Census Handbook (DCHB) - Lohit district (2011)
Villages in Lohit district {{ArunachalPradesh-geo-stub