Upper Siang district | |
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 Tsitapuri lake | |
 Upper Siang district Location in Arunachal Pradesh | |
| Coordinates (Yingkiong):28°36′37″N95°02′51″E / 28.61037°N 95.047531°E /28.61037; 95.047531 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Arunachal Pradesh |
| Headquarters | Yingkiong |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,188 km2 (2,389 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 35,320 |
| • Density | 5.708/km2 (14.78/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 60.0%[1] |
| • Sex ratio | 891[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| Website | uppersiang |
Upper Siang district (Pron:/ˈsjæŋ or ˈsɪæŋ/) is an administrative district in the state ofArunachal Pradesh in India. It is the fourth least populous district in the country (out of640).[2]
The majority of the people are of the Adi tribe while the Memba, Khamba tribe also exists there. Part of the area was controlled by the TibetanKingdom of Powo when streams of Tibetan pilgrims searching for one of the 'hidden lands' orbeyul (Standard Tibetan:sbas-yul) referred to in the prophecies ofGuru Rinpoche in the East Himalayas from the mid-seventeenth century came south over the Doshong La pass, to seek the particular location of one of these earthly paradises called Padma bkod (written variously Pema köd, Pemakö and Pemako), literally 'Lotus Array' in the region. The region became administered by British India with the Simla Accord of 1914 and the demarcation of theMcMahon Line, though China considers it part ofSouth Tibet.
The district was formed in 1999 when it was split fromEast Siang district.[3]
The district headquarters are located atYingkiong. Upper Siang district occupies an area of 6,118 square kilometres (2,362 sq mi),[4]
The district is the location of the massiveUpper Siang Hydroelectric Project.
The 2,000-kilometre-long (1,200 mi) proposed Mago-Thingbu toVijaynagarArunachal Pradesh Frontier Highway along theMcMahon Line,[5][6][7][8] (will intersect with the proposedEast-West Industrial Corridor Highway) and will pass through this district, alignment map of which can be seenhere andhere.[9]
There are twoArunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly constituencies in this district:Tuting-Yingkiong and Mariyang-Geku. Both are part ofArunachal East Lok Sabha constituency.[10]
Administrative circles include Yingkiong, Jengging, Mariyang, Geku, Katan, Mopom, Tuting,Gelling, Singa, Palling, Migging.[11]
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1961 | 9,790 | — |
| 1971 | 21,330 | +8.10% |
| 1981 | 21,125 | −0.10% |
| 1991 | 27,779 | +2.78% |
| 2001 | 33,363 | +1.85% |
| 2011 | 35,320 | +0.57% |
| source:[12] | ||
According to the2011 census Upper Siang district has apopulation of 35,320,[13] roughly equal to the nation ofLiechtenstein.[14] This gives it a ranking of 637th in India (out of a total of640).[13] The district has a population density of 5 inhabitants per square kilometre (13/sq mi) .[13] Itspopulation growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 5.77%.[13] Upper Siang has asex ratio of 891females for every 1000 males,[13] and aliteracy rate of 59.94%. Scheduled Tribes make up 80.60% of the population.[13]
| Religion | Per cent | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donyi-Polo | 59.36% | |||
| Christianity | 15.98% | |||
| Hinduism | 14.90% | |||
| Buddhism | 7.30% | |||
| Islam | 1.16% | |||
| Other or not stated | 1.30% | |||
Various tribal groups of theAdi people and theMemba tribe live in the district. The Adi tribe generally followsDonyi-Polo, and the Memba are followers of Tibetan Buddhism.
Languages spoken includeAdi, aSino-Tibetan tongue with approximately 140 000 speakers, andTshangla and Khampa Tibetan languages both belonging to the Bodish group, these languages are written in both theTibetan andLatin scripts.[16]
At the time of the 2011 census, 72.01% of the population spokeAdi, 6.54% Bhotia, 4.44%Nepali, 3.93%Hindi, 1.91%Odia, 1.78%Assamese, 1.42%Bengali and 1.25%Bhojpuri as their first language.[17]
In 1986 Upper Siang district became home toMouling National Park, which has an area of 483 km2 (186.5 sq mi).[18] A new mammal to science,Mebo giant flying squirrel (Petaurista siangensis) has been reported from this district.[19]
List of banks functioning in Upper Siang.
212 Liechtenstein 35,236 July 2011 est.
Places adjacent to Upper Siang district | |
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