| Voice of Papumpare :
Mr. Hari Bishwas
Following are the social and developmental challenges of the district:
· Education is one of major concern of the district. The
literacy rate of the state is only 54%, while the literacy rate
of women is below 60%.
· So lot of efforts needs to be taken by the government,
specially for education.
· There is lack of internal road connectivity. .
Papumpare District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 3462.0 Km2
Population in Papumpare (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 176385
Male : 90447
Female : 85938
Under 6 population
Total : 23675
Male : 12060
Female : 11615
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 4128
In seeing : 3355
In speech : 194
In hearing : 162
In movement : 321
Mental : 96
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : Does not figure in list of 447 backward
districts
Sex Ratio Rank : 158
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District :
Disability : 542 (Census 2001)
Minority : Yes
Literacy Ratio : 211 (Census 2001)
Brief About Papumpare District
The Papum Pare District the capital district of
Arunachal Pradesh is situated in the North–Eastern part of India.
It is located in between latitude 26 55’N and 28 40’ and longitude
between 92 40’ and 94 21’. The district headquarter is located at
Yupia, which is situated about 20 kms from Itanagar
It is a land of lush green forests, deep river
valleys and beautiful plateau. The land is mostly mountainous with
Himalayan ranges. Trees of great size, plentiful of climbers, hundreds
of variety of orchids, cane and bamboos are found in the district.
The district occupies an area of approximately
2875 sq km inhabited by a population of 121750. There are 274 villages
and 2 towns in the district. Itanagar, the capital of the state
is situated in this district.
The district is divided into two administrative
subdivisions – Sagalee Sub-Division and Itanagar Capital Complex
Sub-division. There are nine administrative circles- Sagalee, Mengio,
Toru, Laiporiang, Kimin, Balijan, Doimukh, Itanagar and Naharlagun.
Kurung Kumey District bound Papum Pare district
in the north, Lower Subansiri District in the East, East Kameng
District in the west and Assam in the south.
It is the abode of the energetic Nishis who are
known in history for their velour. The Mikir, migrants from Assam,
also form a part of the local population. The Nishis belong to the
Indo-Mongoloid group of people and their language belongs to the
Tibeto-Burman family.
The ‘NYOKUM’ the festival of the Nishi is celebrated
during the first week of the month of February.
Itafort- A 13th century ruins of a brick fort,
Ganga Lake (Gekar Sinyi), Jawaharlal Nehru State Museum, Zoological
Park (Chimpu) and Buddhist Gompa and Theravada Buddhist Temple Arunachal
University, Rono Hills are place of interest at Itanagar
Itanagar, the capital of Arunachal Pradesh, is
about 300 kms from Guwahati and connected by Pawan Hans helicopter
service and luxury bus services.
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