District of Arunachal Pradesh

Upper Siang: 35,320 people, one story

People
35,320
Area
6,590 km²
Literacy
59.99%
Sex ratio
889
#1 in Arunachal PradeshHousehold industry workers: 3.3 % of workers. Rank 1 of 16 districts.See the numbers →Big number35,320 people lived here in 2011, packed 5 to every km².See the numbers →

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Upper SiangArunachal Pradesh

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

Upper Siang in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population35,320#14/16 in Arunachal Pradesh
Area6,590 km²#5/16 in Arunachal Pradesh
Population density5 per km²#14/16 in Arunachal Pradesh▼ state 17
Sex ratio889 females per 1000 males#12/16 in Arunachal Pradesh▼ state 938
Child sex ratio (0–6)946 girls per 1000 boys#14/16 in Arunachal Pradesh▼ state 972
Literacy rate59.99%#11/16 in Arunachal Pradesh▼ state 65.38
Female literacy52.63%#10/16 in Arunachal Pradesh▼ state 57.70
Urban population18.5%#11/16 in Arunachal Pradesh▼ state 22.9

People & society

60.0% can read. 889 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
66.572.6
Female literacy
52.657.7
Scheduled Castes
0.00.0
Scheduled Tribes
80.668.8
Living in towns
18.522.9

Gender literacy gap: 13.8 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 14.9%
  • Muslim 1.2%
  • Christian 16.0%
  • Buddhist 7.3%
  • Other / not stated 60.6%

    Sectors at a glance

    61 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    17,644 workers, 50.0% of all people

    This district
    Arunachal Pradesh
    • Cultivators 56.5%
    • Farm labourers 4.6%
    • Household industry 3.3%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 35.6%

      Schemes & development

      Only 58% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      57.745.7
      Latrine at home
      41.043.1
      Tap water
      63.245.6
      LPG / PNG
      14.020.3
      Phone
      32.533.6
      Television
      26.328.6
      Bicycle
      1.313.6
      Two-wheeler
      9.69.8

      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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