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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Lohit district
| settlement_type = [[List of districts of Arunachal Pradesh|District]] of [[Arunachal Pradesh]]
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| seat = [[Tezu]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
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| area_total_km2 = 2402
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| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 49776
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics1_info1 = 69.9%<ref name=districtcensus />
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2 = 901<ref name=districtcensus />
| leader_title = [[District collector]]
| leader_name = Prince Dhawan, IAS
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'''Lohit''' ({{IPA|/ˈləʊhɪt/}}) is an administrative district in the state of [[Arunachal Pradesh]] in India. The district headquarters is located at [[Tezu]]. As of 2011 it is the third most populous district of Arunachal Pradesh, after [[Papum Pare district|Papum Pare]] and [[Changlang district|Changlang]].<ref name="districtcensus"/>

==Etymology==
It was known earlier as the [[Mishmi Hills]]. The district is named after the [[Lohit River]] and consists of the river valley and hills/mountains to the [[North]] and [[South]].

==History==
During [[medieval times]], the present district was under the control of the rulers of the [[Chutiya Kingdom]]. The Chutiya rulers controlled the area from the early 13th century to the 16th century and during the 19th century, it became one of the last [[territories]] to be brought under [[British people|British]] control after the punitive [[Adi people|Abor]] and Mishmi Expedition in the first decade of 20th century.

In June 1980, [[Dibang Valley district]] was split from Lohit (and has since been bifurcated again to create the new [[Lower Dibang Valley district]]).<ref name='Statoids'>{{cite web | url = http://www.statoids.com/yin.html | title = Districts of India | access-date =11 October 2011 | last = Law | first = Gwillim | date = 25 September 2011 | work = Statoids}}</ref> On 16 February 2004, [[Anjaw district]] was carved out from the northern part of Lohit district bordering [[Tibet]] and [[Myanmar]], with its headquarters at [[Hawai, Arunachal Pradesh|Hawai]]. Anjaw was carved out under the Arunachal Pradesh Re-organization of Districts [[Amendment]] Bill.<ref name='Statoids'/> [[Namsai district|Namsai]] was split from Lohit in 2013.

==Geography==
[[Wakro]] is an important sub-division of this district. It is a [[disyllabic]] word originated from the local dialect ''Miju Mishmi''. Another important sub-division of Lohit is Sunpura, which is located near [[Assam]] and Arunachal [[border]]. Lohit district occupies an area of {{cvt|11,402|km2}} and has a population of 143,478 (as of 2001).

==Divisions==
There are four [[Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] constituencies located in this district: [[Tezu]], [[Wakro]], Sunpura. 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>

==Transport==
The area is highly inaccessible, and it was only in 2004 that a permanent bridge has been made operational across the Lohit at the [[holy site]] of [[Parshuram Kund|Parashuram Kund]], giving a round-the-year connection to [[Tezu]]. About {{cvt|100|km|disp=}} east of Tezu lies the small town of [[Hayuliang]], and this is slated to become the headquarters of a new district. The road along the Lohit runs right up to the small garrison town of [[Walong]] just south of the Chinese border, site of the famous Battle of Walong in 1962.

==Demographics==
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]] the erstwhile Lohit district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 145,726,<ref name="districtcensus"/> roughly equal to the nation of [[Saint Lucia]].<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 | access-date =1 October 2011 | quote =
Saint Lucia 161,557 July 2011 est.
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 601st in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/> The district has a population density of {{convert| 28 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001–2011 was 16.44%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Lohit has a [[sex ratio]] of 901 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 69.88%.<ref name=districtcensus/> The divided district has a population of 49,776. 15,920 are Scheduled Tribes.

Lohit is the home of the [[Adi people|Adi]], [[Zekhring]], [[Khampti]], [[Singpho people|Singpho]] and [[Mishmi people|Mishmi]] tribes. A small group of [[Tibetans]] have settled in Lohit since the 1960s. The Zekhring are Tibetan [[Buddhists]]; the Khampti and Singpho are Threvada Buddhists, and the Mishmi and Adis are mainly [[Animists]].

===Languages===
{{Pie chart
| thumb = right
| caption = Languages of Lohit (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 = [[Nepali language|Nepali]]
| value1 = 28.19
| color1 = Sienna
| label2 = [[Digaro languages|Mishmi]]
| value2 = 24.02
| color2 = Darkslategrey
| label3 = [[Hindi]]
| value3 = 16.40
| color3 = Orange
| label4 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| value4 = 9.09
| color4 = Yellow
| label5 = [[Assamese language|Assamese]]
| value5 = 5.41
| color5 = Peru
| label6 = [[Adi language|Adi]]
| value6 = 2.87
| color6 = Deepskyblue
| label7 = [[Tibetic languages|Tibetan]]
| value7 = 2.28
| color7 = Royalblue
| label9 = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| value9 = 1.54
| color9 = Darkkhaki
| label8 = [[Dogri]]
| value8 = 1.16
| color8 = Indigo
| label10 = [[Odia language|Odia]]
| value10 = 0.89
| color10 = Gold
| label11 = [[Mizo language|Mizo]]
| value11 = 0.87
| color11 = Salmon
| label12 = Others
| value12 = 7.28
| color12 = Grey
}}
The most populous language spoken in the district is [[Nepali language|Nepali]], with 28.19% of the population. 24.02% speak [[Digaro languages|Mishmi]], 16.4% [[Hindi]], 9.09% [[Bengali language|Bengali]], 5.41% [[Assamese language|Assamese]], 2.87% [[Adi people|Adi]], 1.73% [[Odia language|Odia]] as their first language.<ref name='ethnogalo'>{{cite encyclopedia | editor = M. Paul Lewis | encyclopedia = Ethnologue: Languages of the World | title = Galo: A language of India | url = http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=adl | access-date =28 September 2011 | edition = 16th | year = 2009 | publisher = SIL International | location = Dallas, Texas}}</ref>

===Religion===
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| title = Religion in Lohit district (2011)<ref name="census2011">{{cite web|title=Population by religion community – 2011|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW00C-01%20MDDS.XLS|website=Census of India, 2011|publisher=The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150825155850/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW00C-01%20MDDS.XLS|archive-date=25 August 2015}}</ref>
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{{bar percent|[[Donyi Polo]]|Red|4.04}}
{{bar percent|[[Islam]]|green|3.09}}}}

==Flora and fauna==
In 1989 Lohit district became home to the Kamlang [[Wildlife Sanctuaries in India|Wildlife Sanctuary]], which has an area of {{convert|783|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>
It is the home to some of the endangered [[flora]] and [[fauna]]. The district has been found to be an ideal place for [[Jatropha]] cultivation, which is used for [[bio-diesel]] making.

In the western part of the district, north of the Lohit River occurs the new [[subspecies]] of [[hoolock gibbon]], which has been described and named as Mishmi Hills hoolock ''H. h. mishmiensis''.<ref name="Choudhury2013">.{{cite book|author=A. U. Choudhury|title=Description of a new subspecies of hoolock gibbon ''Hoolock hoolock'' from North East India. The Newsletter & Journal of the Rhino Foundation for nat. in NE India 9: 49–59|year=2013}}</ref> A new giant [[flying squirrel]] named as Mishmi Hills giant flying squirrel also occurs north of the Lohit River.<ref name="Choudhury2009">.{{cite book|author=A. U. Choudhury|title=One more new species of giant flying squirrel of the genus Petaurista Link, 1795 from Arunachal Pradesh in north-east India. Newsletter & J. Rhino Foundation NE India 8: 27-35, plates"|year=2009}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://lohit.nic.in/ Official Website]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Lohit district
|North = [[Lower Dibang Valley district]]
|Northeast = ''China''
|East = [[Anjaw district]]
|Southeast =
|South = [[Changlang district]]
|Southwest =
|West = [[Tinsukia district]], Assam
|Northwest =
}}

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