Book contents
- Frontmatter
- FOREWORD
- Contents
- Preface
- SECTION I ISSUES AND PROBLEMS OF INSURGENCY, GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
- 1 Effects of Geography and History
- 2 Assam
- 3 Nagaland
- 4 Manipur
- 5 Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura
- 6 Arunachal, Sikkim and North Bengal
- 7 Role of Servicemen/Ex-servicemen
- 8 India's Foreign Relations, the Effects of Geo-power Politics and Events in Neighbouring Countries
- SECTION II RESOLUTION
- List of Abbreviations
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
6 - Arunachal, Sikkim and North Bengal
from SECTION I - ISSUES AND PROBLEMS OF INSURGENCY, GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2012
- Frontmatter
- FOREWORD
- Contents
- Preface
- SECTION I ISSUES AND PROBLEMS OF INSURGENCY, GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
- 1 Effects of Geography and History
- 2 Assam
- 3 Nagaland
- 4 Manipur
- 5 Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura
- 6 Arunachal, Sikkim and North Bengal
- 7 Role of Servicemen/Ex-servicemen
- 8 India's Foreign Relations, the Effects of Geo-power Politics and Events in Neighbouring Countries
- SECTION II RESOLUTION
- List of Abbreviations
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
Summary
ARUNACHAL
Demography
Arunachal Pradesh is the largest and least developed hill state of the region. It covers the mountain ranges of the eastern Himalayas and is located to the north, east and south-east of Assam. Its neighbours besides Assam include Tibet (China) to its north and east, Myanmar to its east, Bhutan to its west and Nagaland to its south-west. Its 2001 census population is 10,91,117.
It has well over 100 ethnic groups of which 20 are considered to be major tribes. The demographic profile of its 20 main tribes is:
Adis (Padam, Minyong, Pasi, Pangi etc) 27%, (inhabitants of Siang and Dibang)
Nissi/Dafla 22%, (inhabitants of Subansiri and South Kameng)
Wangchoos 8%, (inhabitants of Tirap ethnic lineage akin to Nagas)
Monpa 8%, (inhabitants of North Kameng and a few other areas on Tibet border)
Mishmi 7%, (inhabitants of Lohit lineage probably a mix of Bodo and Naga
Nocte 7%, (inhabitants of Lohit lineage somewhat akin to Nagas)
Tagins 6%, (inhabitants of South Kameng and parts of Subansiri)
Tangsas 4%, (inhabitants of Lohit)
Apatani 4%, (inhabitants of Subansiri)
Miris 2%, (inhabitants of Northern Foothills of Brahmaputra valley)
Sulungs 1%. (again inhabitants of the foothills)
Khamptis 1%, (inhabitants of Changlang Lineage a mix of Naga and Bodo)
Others (includes migrant Chakmas, Tibetans, Nepalese, Bangladeshis) 3–4%. (Tibetan refugees who fled on Chinese occupation of Tibet and Chakma migrants who fled Bangladesh have been settled on the plains of Lohit and Changlang. […]
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