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{{Infobox settlement
| name = East Siang district
| settlement_type = [[Districts of Arunachal Pradesh|District]] of [[Arunachal Pradesh]]
| total_type = Total
| native_name =
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-point = none
| map_alt =
| map_caption = Location in Arunachal Pradesh
| coordinates = {{coord|28.07|95.33|display=inline,title}}
| coor_pinpoint =
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Arunachal Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 =
| subdivision_name2 =
| established_title = Established
| established_date =
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Pasighat]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 =
| area_total_km2 = 4,005
| area_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 70,956
| population_footnotes =
| population_urban = Yes
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 = 73.5%<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web |url=http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php |title= District Census 2011 |publisher=Census2011.co.in }}</ref>
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2 = 962<ref name=districtcensus />
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| leader_title1 = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name1 = [[Tapir Gao]]
| leader_title2 = [[Vidhan Sabha|Vidhan Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name2 = [[Lombo Tayeng]], [[Tapi Darang]], [[Ninong Ering]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
| registration_plate =
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Roads in India|Major highways]]
| blank_info_sec1 = NH-52
| blank_name_sec2 =
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| website = {{URL|http://eastsiang.nic.in/}}
| official_name =
| image_skyline = River Siang (Brahmaputra) entering into the plains at Ranaghat, on the east of Roing.jpg
| image_caption = Siang river entering plains at Ranaghat
}}

'''East Siang district''' (Pron:/ˈsjæŋ or ˈsɪæŋ/) is an administrative district in the state of [[Arunachal Pradesh]] in India.

==History==

The plains, foothills and lower hills of the district were part of the [[Chutia kingdom]] while the higher hills were inhabited by [[Adi people]]. After the defeat of Chutias by Ahoms, the region was gradually settled by Adis

In 1989 territory was transferred from [[West Siang district]] to East Siang.<ref name='Statoids'>{{cite web | url = http://www.statoids.com/yin.html | title = Districts of India | access-date = 2011-10-11 | last = Law | first = Gwillim | date = 25 September 2011 | work = Statoids}}</ref> A decade later, in 1999, the district was bifurcated to make [[Upper Siang district]].<ref name='Statoids'/> East Siang district was first settled by Dibu-marang clans and was later driven away by some padam clan (subtribe of adi). Later padam clans accompanied it's close ally pasi and settled near padam mone and balek respectively. Later, due to epidemic (considered as spiritual) in the mone areas padams had to retreat.

==Geography==
The district headquarters are located at [[Pasighat]]. East Siang district occupies an area of {{convert|4005|km2|sqmi}},<ref name="Reference Annual">{{cite book|title=India 2010: A Reference Annual|editor1=Srivastava, Dayawanti |publisher=Additional Director General, Publications Division, [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)]], [[Government of India]]|year=2010|isbn=978-81-230-1617-7|edition=54th|location=New Delhi, India|pages=1113|chapter=States and Union Territories: Arunachal Pradesh: Government}}</ref> comparatively equivalent to [[Indonesia]]'s [[Nias Island]].<ref name='Islands'>{{cite web | url = http://islands.unep.ch/Tiarea.htm | title = Island Directory Tables: Islands by Land Area | access-date = 2011-10-11 | date = 18 February 1998 | publisher = [[United Nations Environment Program]] | quote = Nias 4,048km2 | archive-date = 20 February 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180220003634/http://islands.unep.ch/Tiarea.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref>

==Divisions==
There are 5 [[Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] constituencies located in this district: [[Pasighat West]], [[Pasighat East]], and [[Mebo, Arunachal Pradesh|Mebo]]. All of these are part of [[Arunachal East (Lok Sabha constituency)|Arunachal East Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref name="ceo1">{{cite web|url=http://ceoarunachal.nic.in/Information/ACwiseDistrictwisePCwise.htm |title=Assembly Constituencies allocation w.r.t District and Parliamentary Constituencies |publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Arunachal Pradesh website |access-date=21 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813085549/http://ceoarunachal.nic.in/Information/ACwiseDistrictwisePCwise.htm |archive-date=13 August 2011 }}</ref> The district consists of 6 circles: [[Mebo, Arunachal Pradesh|Mebo]], Namsing, Sile-Oyan, [[Pasighat]], Bilat and [[Ruksin]].

==Demographics==
{{historical populations|23=1961|24=32,421|25=1971|26=33,138|27=1981|28=55,170|29=1991|30=71,864|31=2001|32=87,397|33=2011|34=99,214|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=middle}}According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] East Siang district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 99,214,<ref name=district_census>{{cite web | url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/12/1207_PART_A_DCHB_EAST%20SIANG.pdf | title = District Census 2011 – East Siang| publisher = Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[Kiribati]].<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070613004507/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 13 June 2007 | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote =Kiribati 100,743 July 2011 est.
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 615th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=district_census/> The district has a population density of {{convert| 27 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=district_census/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001–2011 was 13.3%.<ref name=district_census/> East Siang has a [[sex ratio]] of 962 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=district_census/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 73.54%.<ref name=district_census/> After division, the residual district has a population of 70,956. Scheduled Tribes make up 46,334 which is 65.30% of the population.<ref>[https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/12/1207_PART_A_DCHB_EAST%20SIANG.pdf District census 2011 – East Siang]</ref>

===Religion===
{{bar box
|title=Religions in East Siang district (2011)<ref name="Religion">{{cite web |title=C-16 Population By Religion – Arunachal Pradesh|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW00C-01%20MDDS.XLS |website=census.gov.in |publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India}}</ref>
|titlebar=#FCD116
|left1=Religion
|right1=Per cent
|float=left
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Donyi-Polo]]ism|red|46.12}}
{{bar percent|[[Hinduism]]|darkorange|33.26}}
{{bar percent|[[Christianity in Arunachal Pradesh|Christianity]]|dodgerblue|15.85}}
{{bar percent|[[Islam]]|#008000|3.01}}
{{bar percent|[[Buddhism]]|yellow|0.94}}
{{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.82}}
}}
{{Pie chart
| thumb = right
| caption = Languages of West Kameng (2011)<ref name="Census of India">{{Cite web |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-1200.XLSX |title=Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |website=www.censusindia.gov.in}}</ref>
| label1 = [[Adi language|Adi]]
| value1 = 68.73
| color1 = Deepskyblue
| label2 = [[Nepali language|Nepali]]
| value2 = 10.25
| color2 = Sienna
| label3 = [[Hindi]]
| value3 = 7.26
| color3 = Orange
| label4 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| value4 = 4.27
| color4 = Yellow
| label5 = [[Assamese language|Assamese]]
| value5 = 2.77
| color5 = Peru
| label6 = [[Boro language (India)|Boro]]
| value6 = 1.70
| color6 = Violet
| label7 = [[Mising language|Mising]]
| value7 = 1.54
| color7 = Darkblue
| label8 = Others
| value8 = 3.47
| color8 = Grey
}}
Religions recorded as 'other' in the census, mainly [[Donyi-Polo]], make up 32,728 which is 46.12% of the population. Hinduism is a sizeable minority religion which makes up 23,597 which is 33.26% of the population. Christians make up 11,249 which is 15.85% of the population. Muslims are 2,137 which is 3.01% of the population. Buddhists are 670 which is 0.94% of the population.

Various tribal groups of the [[Adi people]] live in various parts of the district. The local people traditionally follow [[Donyi-Polo]], although a sizeable minority have converted to Christianity.

===Languages===
At the time of the 2011 census, 62.78% of the population spoke [[Adi language|Adi]], 12.17% [[Nepali language|Nepali]], 8.29% [[Hindi]], 5.12% [[Bengali language|Bengali]], 4.82% [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]], 3.34% [[Assamese language|Assamese]], 1.80% [[Mising language|Mishing]] and 1.32% [[Boro language (India)|Boro]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>

==Flora and fauna==
[[File:Mechuka landscape 1.jpg|alt=East siaing dietrict|thumb|East Siang District]]
In 1978 East Siang district became home to the D’Ering Memorial (Lali) [[Wildlife Sanctuaries in India|Wildlife Sanctuary]], which has an area of {{convert|190|km2|mi2|abbr=on|1}}.<ref name=parks>{{cite web|author=Indian Ministry of Forests and Environment |title=Protected areas: Arunachal Pradesh |url=http://oldwww.wii.gov.in/envis/envis_pa_network/index.htm |access-date=25 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823163836/http://oldwww.wii.gov.in/envis/envis_pa_network/index.htm |archive-date=23 August 2011 }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
* {{Official website|http://eastsiang.nic.in/}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = East Siang district
|North = [[Upper Siang district]]
|Northeast =
|East = [[Lower Dibang Valley district]]
|Southeast =
|South = [[Dhemaji district]], Assam
|Southwest =
|West = [[West Siang district]]
|Northwest =
}}

{{Arunachal Pradesh}}
{{East Siang District}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:East Siang district| ]]
[[Category:Districts of Arunachal Pradesh]]
[[Category:1989 establishments in Arunachal Pradesh]]

East Siang district - Revision history

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