| Voice of Tawang : Sangrakh
Pokoche
There are no good lodging and boarding facilities for the tourists.
The road communication also needs to be improved.
More employment and income generating skills needs to be brought
in.
Lack of latest technology in agriculture.
Tawang District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 2172.0 Km2
Population in Tawang (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 49950
Male : 29361
Female : 20589
Under 6 population
Total : 5630
Male : 2808
Female : 2822
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 1327
In seeing : 799
In speech : 120
In hearing : 212
In movement : 162
Mental : 34
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : Does not figure in list of 447 backward
districts
Sex Ratio Rank : 6
(Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : D
(HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 -2006)
Disability : 586 (Census 2001)
Category D District based on HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006
Literacy Ratio : NA
Minority : Yes
Brief About Tawang District
Mooreed high up in the mountain ranges of the Himalayas,
at 3500 meters above sea level is Tawang-the beautiful land of Monpas.
With sobriquets like :The Hidden Paradise or Land of Dawn-lit mountains;
this land evokes images of awesome mountain views, remote hamlets,
quaint and sleepy villages, magical Gonpas, tranquil lakes and allot
more. At Tawang, you have a heavenly tryst with nature at its best
and the heady mixture of history, religion and legends.
The area of the district is approximately 2,085-sq-kms
bordered by Tibet in the North, Bhutan in the Southwest and Sela
ranges separate West Kameng district in the East. The name Tawang
derives from some bearings on surroundings. But people's interpretation
is that the name Tawang was given by Merak Lama in the 17th century.
The inhabitants of the districts are all of Monpa
tribes. The Monpas belong to Mongoloid stock, are well built, and
fair in complexion. Their houses are built with stones and timbers.
Agriculture and Animal Husbandry are the fundamental means of the
Monpas occupation.
Tawang derived its name from the majestic Tawang
Monastery. Perched atop a ridge and surrounded by thick clouds and
perennial mist, the Tawang Monastery seems to be suspended from
heaven in an equally ethereal space. About 400 years old the monastery
is one of the oldest and the largest in Asia and can house more
than 700 monks. It controls 17 Gonpas and a few nunneries of this
region. Founded by Merag lama Lodre Gyatso in 1681 in accordance
to the wishes of the 5th Dalai Lama, Nagwang Lobsang Gyatso, the
monastery has an interesting legend surrounding its name, which
means chosen by horse. (Ta-horse, Wang–Chosen) As the legend goes
the site of the Monastery was chosen by the horse of Merag Lama.
Merag Lama, who had been unable to decide a site
to establish the monastery, was one day praying in cave, seeking
a divine guidance, when he came out after the prayers, he found
his horse missing. On search, the horse was located standing quietly
on a hilltop. Considering this as a sign of devine blessing he decided
to construct the monastery at the very spot. The monastery was built
with the help of volunteers from the neighboring villages. Even
today, the villages are responsible for the upkeep of the monastery.
The monastery is also grandiloquently called Galden Namgey Lhatse
meaning celestial paradise and one look at the monastery on a clear
night will make one realize how true its name, it stands glowing
like a phantasmagoria in the blue of the night.
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