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Arunachal Pradesh districts

Arunachal Pradesh

East Siang

99,214
people at the 2011 Census · 50,116 male, 49,098 female

Population

Population
99,214India 121.09 Cr
Urban %
27.85%India 31.14%

Literacy

Literacy
72.54%India 72.98%
Male Lit.
78.47%India 80.88%
Female Lit.
66.49%India 64.63%
Lit. Gap
11.98 ppIndia 16.25 pp

Society

Sex Ratio
980 / 1000India 943 / 1000
Child Sex Ratio
988 / 1000India 918 / 1000
Under 7
13.06%India 13.59%
SC %
0.00%India 16.63%
ST %
70.53%India 8.63%
Household
5.19India 4.85

Work

Workers
40.54%India 39.80%
Female Work
33.87%India 25.52%
Main Workers
83.48%India 75.24%
Non-Workers
59.46%India 60.20%

Population density, land area and decadal growth are not published in the Primary Census Abstract and so are unavailable at district level. See Methodology.

East Siang in context

With 99,214 people at the 2011 Census, East Siang was the 615th most populous of India's 640 districts and the 6th most populous of Arunachal Pradesh's 16. That is 7.2% of everyone living in Arunachal Pradesh at the time.

Literacy stood at 72.54%, level with the national 72.98% — 7.2 points above the Arunachal Pradesh average. That ranked it 310th of 640 districts nationally. The gap between male and female literacy was 12.0 points, 4.3 points below the national gap of 16.3.

The sex ratio was 980 women per 1,000 men (42 above the Arunachal Pradesh figure of 938). Among children aged 0–6 the ratio was 988, 70 above the national 918.

East Siang contained 2 towns. The largest was Pasighat (NT), with 24,656 people. That put 27.9% of the district in urban areas, 4.9 points above the Arunachal Pradesh share of 22.9%.

Towns in East Siang

East Siang has 2 census towns. The largest are listed below.

Largest towns in East Siang by 2011 Census population.
TownPopulationLiteracySex ratio
Pasighat (NT)24,65679.60%975 / 1000
Boleng (NT)2,97983.82%1003 / 1000