Upper Subansiri district

Upper Subansiri district (Pron:/su:bənˈsɪɹi/) is an administrative district in the state of Arunachal Pradesh in India.

The district was formed when Subansiri district was bifurcated into Upper and Lower Subansiri districts in 1980.

Upper Subansiri district occupies an area of 7,032 square kilometres (2,715 sq mi), comparatively equivalent to the United Kingdom's East Falkland island.

The district headquarter is located at Daporijo. The important towns are Chetam, Giba, Taksing, Limeking, Nacho, Siyum, Payeng, Taliha, Gite Ripa, Gussar, Dumporijo, Daporijo, Maro, Baririjo and Puchigeku, each of which is the headquarters of a circle.

The proposed 2,000-kilometre-long (1,200 mi) Mago-Thingbu to Vijaynagar Arunachal Pradesh Frontier Highway along the McMahon Line, (will intersect with the proposed East-West Industrial Corridor Highway) and will pass through this district, alignment map of which can be seen here and here.

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.

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 (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of 12 inhabitants per square kilometre (31/sq mi) . The population growth rate in the 2001–2011 decade was 50.34%. Upper Subansiri has a sex ratio of 982 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 63.96%. Scheduled Tribes make up 93.86% of the population.

At the time of the 2011 census, 69.17% of the population spoke Tagin, 14.30% Galo, 9.30% Nyishi, 1.14% Bhojpuri and 1.05% Nepali as their first language.