District of Arunachal Pradesh

Lower Dibang Valley: 54,080 people, one story

People
54,080
Area
3,900 km²
Literacy
69.13%
Sex ratio
928
Big number54,080 people lived here in 2011, packed 14 to every km².See the numbers →

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Lower Dibang ValleyArunachal Pradesh

The history, places and schemes of Lower Dibang Valley are being written. Everything below comes from Census 2011, so it is already exam-ready.

Lower Dibang Valley in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population54,080#12/16 in Arunachal Pradesh
Area3,900 km²#11/16 in Arunachal Pradesh
Population density14 per km²#10/16 in Arunachal Pradesh▼ state 17
Sex ratio928 females per 1000 males#9/16 in Arunachal Pradesh▼ state 938
Child sex ratio (0–6)948 girls per 1000 boys#13/16 in Arunachal Pradesh▼ state 972
Literacy rate69.13%#4/16 in Arunachal Pradesh▲ state 65.38
Female literacy62.19%#4/16 in Arunachal Pradesh▲ state 57.70
Urban population21.1%#8/16 in Arunachal Pradesh▼ state 22.9

People & society

69.1% can read. 928 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
75.572.6
Female literacy
62.257.7
Scheduled Castes
0.00.0
Scheduled Tribes
48.068.8
Living in towns
21.122.9

Gender literacy gap: 13.4 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 53.5%
  • Muslim 4.2%
  • Christian 17.0%
  • Buddhist 5.4%
  • Other / not stated 19.8%

    Sectors at a glance

    58 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    22,326 workers, 41.3% of all people

    This district
    Arunachal Pradesh
    • Cultivators 43.4%
    • Farm labourers 15.0%
    • Household industry 1.0%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 40.5%

      Schemes & development

      Only 37% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      37.245.7
      Latrine at home
      38.543.1
      Tap water
      44.345.6
      LPG / PNG
      19.220.3
      Phone
      41.533.6
      Television
      27.228.6
      Bicycle
      27.613.6
      Two-wheeler
      13.39.8

      This is the 2011 baseline. Schemes like Saubhagya, Ujjwala, Swachh Bharat and Har Ghar Jal came to close exactly these gaps.

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