Lepa Rada district, with headquarters at Basar, is one of the 25 districts 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. [1][2] It was created from the West Siang district by bifurcating its southern areas along Assam border into a new district.
Lepa Rada district | |
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District of Arunachal Pradesh | |
![]() Lepa-Rada district Location in Arunachal Pradesh | |
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State | Arunachal Pradesh |
Established | 2018 |
Headquarters | Basar |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
The district was created in 2018 by bifurcating the Lower Siang district.[3]
At the time of the 2011 census, Lepa Rada district had a population of 14,490. Scheduled Tribes made up 11,235 (77.54%).[4]
Religions in Lepa Rada district (2011)[5] | ||||
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Religion | Percent | |||
Donyi-Polo | 51.51% | |||
Christianity | 27.38% | |||
Hinduism | 18.27% | |||
Islam | 1.85% | |||
Buddhism | 0.81% | |||
Other or not stated | 0.18% |
At the time of the 2011 census, 71.81% of the population spoke Galo, 4.72% Nepali, 3.78% Bengali, 3.60% Adi, 3.27% Hindi, 2.74% Bhojpuri, 2.67% Assamese and 1.08% Boro as their first language.[6]
People
Lepa Rada is inhabited by the Galo tribe. Mopin being the main festival of harvest.
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