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| name = Lepa Rada district
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| established_date = 2018
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| seat = [[Basar, Arunachal Pradesh|Basar]]
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'''Lepa Rada district''', with headquarters at [[Basar, Arunachal Pradesh|Basar]], is one of the 28 [[Districts of Arunachal Pradesh|districts]] of [[Arunachal Pradesh]] state in northeastern [[India]]. Lepa Rada falls under 29-Basar Assembly Constituency and 1-West Parliamentary Constituency. The district is centrally located, hence the name Lepa Rada (Lepa means centre and Rada means bulls-eye like in Archery). Basar, Tirbin, Dari and Sago are 4 administrative circles of the district. <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/for-creation-of-3-new-districts-pakke-kesang-lepa-rada-shi-yomi-arunachal-pradesh-assembly-passes-bi-1908352|title=Arunachal Assembly Passes Bill For Creation Of 3 New Districts|work=NDTV.com|access-date=2018-08-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/arunachal-pradesh-gets-25th-district-shi-yomi/cid/1678222|title=Arunachal Pradesh gets 25th district called Shi Yomi|website=www.telegraphindia.com|language=en|access-date=2019-02-16}}</ref> It was created from the [[West Siang district]] by bifurcating its southern areas along Assam border into a new district.

== History==
The district was created in 2018 by bifurcating the [[Lower Siang district]].<ref>[https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/arunachal-pradesh-bill-new-districts-new-states-post-independence-india-1327780-2018-08-30 Arunachal Assembly passes bill for the creation of 3 new districts: List of Indian states that took birth post-independence], [[India Today]], 30 Aug 2018.</ref>

== Demographics ==
At the time of the 2011 census, Lepa Rada district had a population of 14,490. Scheduled Tribes made up 11,235 (77.54%).<ref name="districtcensus">{{Cite journal |title=West Siang |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/12/1206_PART_A_DCHB_WEST%20SIANG.pdf |journal=2011 Census of India |series=District Census Handbooks - Arunachal Pradesh |publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India}}</ref> {{citation needed|reason=the numbers don't add up when you compute for Tirbin, Daring, and Basar alone|date=April 2024}}

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|title=Religions in Lepa Rada 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>
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{{bar percent|[[Donyi-Polo]]|red|51.51}}
{{bar percent|[[Christianity in Arunachal Pradesh|Christianity]]|dodgerblue|27.38}}
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At the time of the 2011 census, 71.81% of the population spoke [[Gallong language|Galo]], 4.72% [[Nepali language|Nepali]], 3.78% [[Bengali language|Bengali]], 3.60% [[Adi people#Language|Adi]], 3.27% [[Hindi]], 2.74% [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]], 2.67% [[Assamese language|Assamese]] and 1.08% [[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>

==Culture==
'''People'''

Lepa Rada is inhabited by the [[Galo tribe]]. [[Mopin]] being the main festival of harvest.

== See also ==
* [[List of districts of Arunachal Pradesh]]

== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://www.arunachalpradesh.gov.in/lepa-rada/ Official website]

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