List of districts of Arunachal Pradesh

, the Indian state Arunachal Pradesh comprised 27 districts, Arunachal gets to new districts, northeastlivetv.com 8 Feb 2024. not including Itanagar capital complex,List of districts of arunachal Pradesh, arunachalpradesh.gov.in, accessed 8 Feb 2024. with more districts proposed. Most of the districts are inhabited by various tribal groups. The latest and presently valid official map of districts of Arunachal Pradesh, after the most recent new districts were last announced on 30 August 2018, is in the external links.

History

In September 1965, when control of the North-East Frontier Agency was transferred to the Ministry of Home Affairs, its five divisions, Kameng, Subansiri, Siang, Lohit and Tirap each became districts. Over the next few years many new districts were created out of the original five: On 13 May 1980 Subansiri district was bifurcated into two districts: Lower Subansiri district and Upper Subansiri district. Upper Subansiri district comprised the area occupied by the erstwhile Daporijo sub-division and Lower Subansiri district comprised the rest of the area occupied by the erstwhile Subansiri district. On 1 June 1980, The erstwhile Lohit district was divided into two districts: Lohit district and Dibang Valley district. Siang district was bifurcated into two districts: East Siang district and West Siang district. Seppa and Bomdila sub-divisions of the Kameng district were transformed into East Kameng district and West Kameng district, respectively.

On 6 October 1984, Tawang district was separated from East Kameng district. In 1987, the erstwhile Tirap district was divided into two districts: Tirap district and Changlang district. On 22 September 1992, the erstwhile Lower Subansiri district was again bifurcated into Lower Subansiri district and Papum Pare district. On 23 November 1994, Upper Siang district was split from East Siang district. On 1 April 2001, Kurung Kumey district was carved out from the erstwhile Lower Subansiri district. On 16 December 2001, Dibang Valley district was bifurcated into Dibang Valley district and Lower Dibang Valley district. On 16 February 2004, Anjaw district was carved out from the erstwhile Lohit district. On 19 March 2012, Longding district was carved out from the erstwhile Tirap district. On 25 November 2014, Namsai district was carved out from the erstwhile Lohit district. On 7 February 2015, Kra Daadi district was carved out from the erstwhile Kurung Kumey district. On 27 November 2015, a new Siang district was carved out from parts of East Siang and West Siang districts. On 22 September 2017, Lower Siang district, was carved out of West Siang and East Siang districts. On 4 December 2017, a new district called Kamle district was created from Lower Subansiri District and Upper Subansiri District, with its headquarters to be located in Raga. It comprises the administrative circles of Raga (which will be the district HQ), Kumporijo and Dollungmukh circles from Lower Subansiri District. The administrative circles taken from Upper Subansiri District will be Gepen Circle, Puchigeko Circle, Daporijo Sadar which falls under 25 Raga Constituency including Ligu and Liruk demarcation from Sigen Subansiri confluence in Single Administrative Unit. On 30 August 2018, following 3 new districts were formed: Pakke-Kesang carved out of East Kameng district with five administrative units namely Pakke-Kessang, Seijosa, Pijiriang, Passa Valley and Dissingn Passo with district headquarters at Lemmi. Lepa-Rada created by bifurcating the Lower Siang district with headquarters at Basar and 4 administrative units namely Tirbin, Basar, Daring and Sago. Shi-Yomi created by bifurcating the West Siang district with its headquarters at Tato and 4 administrative units namely Mechuka, Tato, Pidi and Manigong.

On 7 February 2024, following 2 new districts were formed: Bichom Keyi Panyor with 195 villages carved out from Lower Subansiri district and will also include Ter Gapin and Sam Sath area.

Administrative divisions

Historical

In some contexts, the state was categorized into five older divisional groupings based on river basins and geography:

Kameng Division (HQ: Bomdila) along Kameng River Subansiri Division (HQ: Ziro) along Subansiri River Siang Division (HQ: Pasighat) along Siang River Lohit Division (HQ: Tezu) along Lohit River Tirap Division (HQ: Khonsa) along Tirap River

Present

Arunachal Pradesh is primarily organized into administrative divisions, each headed by a divisional commissioner, an officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service(IAS) and a deputy inspector general of police, an officer belonging to the Indian Police Service(IPS).

Sl. No. Division Headquarters Coverage Districts 1 West Division Yazali (Lower Subansiri) Western mountainous and foothills regionsTawang West Kameng East Kameng Pakke-Kessang Bichom Papum Pare Lower Subansiri Keyi Panyor Kurung Kumey Kra Daadi Kamle Upper Subansiri Lepa Rada Shi Yomi 2 Central Division Siang Siang and Subansiri river basinsWest Siang Siang Upper Siang East Siang Lower Siang 3 East Division Namsai Eastern river basins and border regions near Myanmar Lower Dibang Valley Dibang Valley Lohit Anjaw Namsai Changlang Tirap Longding

Districts

Itanagar capital complex

is administered by its own Deputy Commissioner, and contains the three circles of Itanagar, Naharlagun, and Banderdewa. In January 2013 the Arunachal Pradesh government approved in principle the creation of a "Capital district". The capital complex is currently treated as its own district by some government departments, the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises for example, and the Arunachal Pradesh State portal in particular. But the Arunachal Pradesh reorganization of district Act of 1980 with the latest amendments from 2024 does not list Itanagar capital complex as a district.

List of Districts

The districts of Arunachal Pradesh state are administrative geographical units, each headed by a deputy commissioner, an officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service and a superintendent of police, an officer belonging to the Indian Police Service.

List of districts is as follows:

Sl NoCodeDistrictHeadquartersPopulation(2011)Area(km2)Density(/km2)Yearcreated Map 1AJAnjawHawai 21,089 6,190 3 2004 2 Bichom Napangphung 9,710 2,897 12 2024 3CH Changlang Changlang 147,951 4,662 32 1987 4 Dibang ValleyAnini 7,948 9,129 1 2001 5EK East Kameng Seppa 78,413 4,134 19 1980 6 ESEast SiangPasighat 99,019 4,005 25 1980 7 Kamle Raga 22,256 200 111.28 2017 8 Keyi Panyor Yachuli 2024 9 Kra Daadi Jamin 22,290 2,202 10 2015 10 Kurung KumeyKoloriang 89,717 8,818 10 2001 11 Lepa-Rada Basar 2018 12ELLohitTezu 145,538 2,402 61 1980 13 LD Longding Longding 60,000Longding is included as part of Tirap 1,200 50 2012 14 UDLower Dibang ValleyRoing 53,986 3,900 14 2001 15 Lower Siang Likabali 80,597 2017 16 LB Lower Subansiri Ziro 82,839 3,460 24 1980 17 Namsai Namsai 95,950 1,587 60 2014 18 Pakke-Kessang Lemmi 2018 19 PAPapum PareYupia 176,385 2,875 61 1992 20 Shi-Yomi Tato 13,310 2,875 4.6 2018 21 Siang Boleng 31,920 2,919 11 2015 22 TA Tawang Tawang Town 49,950 2,085 24 1984 23TI Tirap Khonsa 111,975 2,362 47 1965 24 US Upper Siang Yingkiong 33,146 6,188 5 1994 25UB Upper Subansiri Daporijo 83,205 7,032 12 1980 26 WK West Kameng Bomdila 87,013 7,422 12 1980 27WS West Siang Aalo 112,272 8,325 12 1980

Proposals for new districts

Several local movements and political representatives have proposed the creation of new administrative districts across Arunachal Pradesh to address challenges related to geographical isolation, border management, and administrative accessibility.

+ List of Proposed Districts in Arunachal Pradesh Grouped by Current District Proposed District Proposed HQ Expected Area of Jurisdiction and Rationale Proposed from Tawang Zemithang Zemithang Located northwest of Tawang town, near the India-Tibet-Bhutan tri-junction. Proposed to improve border area administration. Lumla Lumla Located west of Tawang town, near the Bhutan border. Mago Mago Located east of Tawang town and north of Nafra. Proposed from West Kameng Semteng Semteng Located on the southeastern border of Bhutan, west of Shergaon and Bomdila. Sangti Sangti Located in the Sangti Valley, northeast of Bomdila. Proposed from Kurung Kumey (and adjacent districts) North Subansiri Sarli Proposed to be carved from three existing districts along the northern Indo-China border: entailing Sarli and Damin (from Kurung Kumey), Pipsorang and Longding Koling (from Kra Daadi), and Taksing, Limeking, Nacho, and Siyum (from Upper Subansiri). Located west of Koloriang. Kumey Patuk Proposed from Kurung Kumey district, covering an estimated population of 12,000 across the Damin, Parsi-Parlo, and Panja-Sing circles. Located east of Sarli and Koloriang. Chulla Chulla Situated within the Kurung Kumey administrative boundaries. Proposed from Papum Pare Sagalee Sagalee Proposed to entail the existing sub-divisions of Sagalee, Leporiang, Parang, and Mengio.Tuting district in offing to be 27, which one next of 7 demanded? arunachalobserver, 5 November 2018. Proposed from Upper Subansiri Limeking Limeking Located northwest of Nacho. Sinalita Nacho Comprising the administrative circles of Siyum, Nacho, Limeking, and Taksing in the northern section of Upper Subansiri. Proposed from Shi Yomi Mechuka Mechuka Located in the existing Shi Yomi district, east of Nacho. Monigong Monigong Located east of Mechuka and west of Tuting. Proposed from Upper Siang Tuting Tuting Expected to include the Singa, Gelling, Paling, Miging, and Tuting circles along the India-China border and the Yarlung Tsangpo River (Brahmaputra). Sinik (Singa) Singa Located southeast of Tuting towards Anini, along the India-China border. Proposed from Dibang Valley Asunli Asunli Western part of the district, west of Anini towards Tuting and Singa. Engolin Engolin Northern part of the district, north of Mipi and Anini. Malinye Malinye Eastern part of the district, southeast of Anini and east of Etalin towards Chaglagam (north of Fish Tail-II). Esuli (Yamne-Sikang) Esuli Southern part of the district, located along the Sikang (Dibang) river, approximately 180 km south of Anini and 145 km north of Roing. The proposed headquarters sits near the confluence of tributary rivers along the under-construction Arunachal Frontier Highway. Proposed from Anjaw Chaglagam Chaglagam Northwestern part of Anjaw district, immediately south of Fish Tail-II. Hayuliang Hayuliang Southwestern part of Anjaw district. Dong Dong Northeastern part of Anjaw district, including Kibithu. Proposed from Changlang Vijaynagar Vijoynagar Includes the Namdapha National Park and Tiger Reserve. Diyun Diyun Located between the Namsai district headquarters and Miao. Jairampur Jairampur Southwest of Diyun, on the border with Assam. Nampong Nampong Located near the Pangsau Pass on the border with Myanmar along NH-3155 (Ledo Road). Rima Miao Proposed in 2017 to entail the subdivisions of Diyun, Bordumsa, Kharsang, Jairampur, Nampong, Rima-Putak (Tikhak), Miao, and Vijoynagar. However, the proposal faced unanimous opposition from the Changlang People's Forum. Proposed from Tirap Borduria Borduria Located approximately 10 km north of the Tirap district headquarters in Khonsa.

List of districts of Arunachal Pradesh

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