Upper Subansiri district


Upper Subansiri is an administrative district in the state of Arunachal Pradesh in India.

History

The district was formed when Subansiri district was bifurcated into Upper and Lower Subansiri districts in 1987.

Geography

The district headquarters are located at Daporijo. Upper Subansiri district occupies an area of, comparatively equivalent to the United Kingdom's East Falkland. The important towns are Daporijo, Dumporijo, Taliha, Nacho, Siyum, and Maro.

Transport

The proposed Mago-Thingbu to Vijaynagar Arunachal Pradesh Frontier Highway along the McMahon Line, and will pass through this district, alignment map of which can be seen and .

Economy

In 2006 the Indian government named Upper Subansiri one of the country's 250 most backward districts. It is the only district in Arunachal Pradesh currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme.

Divisions

There are four Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly constituencies in this district: Nacho, Taliha, Daporijo, and Dumporijo. All of these are part of Arunachal West Lok Sabha constituency.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, Upper Subansiri district has a population of 83,448, roughly equal to the nation of Andorra. This gives it a ranking of 621st in India. The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 50.34%. Upper Subansiri has a sex ratio of 982 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 63.96%.
Members of the Tagin, and Galo are found in the district.

Education

for Upper Subansiri district is located at a distance of about 10 km east from administrative headquarter Daporijo

Tourism

Tourist sites in the area include:
Also, there is trekking from Siyum to Mechuka through the snow-laden Tikuk pass in the Tikuk mountain. This trade route
was part of the established barter practice between Tibet and the
tribes in the region during 20th C.