Kaho is a small village 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 ...

on the India-China

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in the

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 ...

in the

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. The village is at an elevation of . It is 580 km east of

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, nearly 70 km north of the district headquarters at Hawai, nearly 8 km south of the India-China Line of Actual Control, 30 km west of Diphu Pass near the India-China-Myanmar tri-junction, and 10 km north of

Kibithu Kibithu, also spelled Kibithoo, is a village in Arunachal Pradesh in Anjaw district, India. It is one of the easternmost permanently populated towns of India, located on the LAC (line of actual control) at . It is nearly 70 km north of d ...

block headquarter. The nearest air connectivity is 30 km south at the Walong airstrip in

Walong Walong is an administrative town and the headquarters of eponymous circle in the Anjaw district in eastern-most part of Arunachal Pradesh state in India. It also has a small cantonment of the Indian Army. Walong is on banks of Lohit River, whi ...

. The village has an

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checkpost. Kaho will be projected as the first village of the country by team Discover FarEast with the help of district administration.

Geography

Kaho is one of the seven villages of the Kibithu block in Arunachal Pradesh's Anjaw district through which the river Lohit flows and divides the scenic region into the west and east banks. They are connected at several places by foot suspension and Bailey bridges.

Administration

As per the constitution of India and the Panchyati Raaj Act, Kaho is administrated by a sarpanch (head of village) who is the elected representative. The residents suffer from a lack of basic amenities. The village's health center is shut and children have to attend the high school in Kibithoo, located around 5 km away, on the north bank of the Lohit river. There is 24 hours power supply from the hydroelectric power station on Lohit River, which was built in 2007.

Demographics

Culture

Kaho is inhabited by the Meyor community who speak

Zakhring language Zahkring (also Eastern Mishmi or Zaiwa; known as Meyor in India and Zha (Zhahua 扎话) in China) is a language of Arunachal Pradesh and 3 villages in Tibet. Classification Zakhring has been classified as a Midzuish language. Blench and Post ( ...

, who are Buddhists by faith.

Population

According to the 2011 census, it had a population of 65 residents and a literacy rate of 64.15%, which was lower than the 65.38% for the state of Arunachal Pradesh. Male literacy stood at 74.07% while female literacy rate was 53.85%. The village population of children aged 0-6 was 12, which makes up 18.46% of the population of the village. The average sex ratio of Kaho village was 1097 which was higher than Arunachal Pradesh state average of 938. The child sex ratio for Kaho in the census was 2000, higher than Arunachal Pradesh average of 972.

Tourism

In 2025, the village can be reached by a day's trek from Kibitoo.https://arunachalobserver.org/2025/05/04/kaho-hidden-gem-in-indo-china-border-why-no-mechanism-to-monitor-tourists/ Kaho-hidden gem in Indo-China border , Why no mechanism to monitor tourists?], arunachalobserver.org, 4 May 2025. Lohit river, mountain trekking, Buddhist monastery, etc the attractions.

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, an alignment map of which can be see
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References

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