Hawai is the district headquarters of

Anjaw District Anjaw District (Pron:/ˈændʒɔ:/) is an administrative district in the state of Arunachal Pradesh in north-east India. It was created as a district in 2004, by splitting off from the Lohit district under the Arunachal Pradesh Re-organization o ...

(created in 2004) in the state of

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in north-east

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Location

It is located at an altitude of 1296 m above sea level on the banks of the

Lohit River The Lohit River, whose name came from the Assamese word ''Lohit'' meaning 'blood', also known as the Zayul Chu by the Tibetans, Tilao by the Ahoms and Tellu by the Mishmis, is a river in China and India, which joins the Brahmaputra River in ...

, a tributary of the

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. It is nearly 50 km south of Walong airstrip, 80 km south of India-China

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(at Kaho), and 120 km southwest of Diphu Pass near India-China-Myanmar tri-junction.

Etymology

"Hawai" in Kaman Mishmi dialect means "Pond". The Mishmi are the main ethnic tribe in

Transport

The proposed Mago-

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to Vijaynagar Arunachal Pradesh Frontier Highway along the McMahon Line, (will intersect with the proposed East-West Industrial Corridor Highway) and will pass through this district, alignment map of which can be seen here and here.

Demographics

As per 2011 Indian

census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...

, Hawai had a population of 982 of which 625 are males while 357 are females. Population of children with age 0-6 is 83 which is 8.45% of total population of Hawai. Hawai has an average literacy rate of 80.31%, higher than the state average of 65.38% and national average of 74.04%. Male literacy rate is around 76.79%, and female literacy rate is 86.90%. The female sex ratio is 571 against state average of 938. Moreover, child sex ratio in Hawai is around 1128 compared to the state average of 972.

Religion

According to the 2011 census, 87.78% of the population is Hindu, 8.45% Muslim, 2.44% Christian and 1.32% Buddhist.

Languages

According to Census 2011, Mishmi is Spoken by 381 people, Nepali at 166 people, Bengali by 103 people, both Hindi and Assamese at 65.

Media

Hawai has an

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Relay station known as Akashvani Hawai. It broadcasts on FM frequencies.

Banking Facilities

The list of banks functioning in Hawai: *

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, Hawai

External links

AnJaw District

References

{{Geographic location, Centre = Arunachal Pradesh , North = {{flagicon, PRC

Tibet Autonomous Region The Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), often shortened to Tibet in English or Xizang in Pinyin, Hanyu Pinyin, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China. It was established in 1965 to replace the ...

, China , Northeast = , East = {{flagicon, Burma

Kachin State Kachin State (; Jingpho language, Kachin: ) is the northernmost administrative divisions of Myanmar, state of Myanmar. It is bordered by China to the north and east (Tibet Autonomous Region, Tibet and Yunnan, respectively), Shan State to the sou ...

, Burma , Southeast = {{flagicon, Burma

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, Burma , South =

Nagaland Nagaland () is a States and union territories of India, state in the northeast India, north-eastern region of India. It is bordered by the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh to the north, Assam to the west, Manipur to the south, and the Naga Sel ...

, Southwest =

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, West = {{flagicon, Bhutan

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, Bhutan , Northwest = Cities and towns in Anjaw district