Lepa Rada district
# Lepa Rada district

Lepa Rada district, with headquarters at Basar, is one of the 25 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. 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.

## 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%).

Religions in Lepa Rada district (2011) :

| Religion | Religion | Percent | Percent |
| - | - | - | - |
| Donyi-Polo | Donyi-Polo | 51.51% | 51.51% |
| Christianity | Christianity | 27.38% | 27.38% |
| Hinduism | Hinduism | 18.27% | 18.27% |
| Islam | Islam | 1.85% | 1.85% |
| Buddhism | Buddhism | 0.81% | 0.81% |
| Other or not stated | Other or not stated | 0.18% | 0.18% |

At the time of the 2011 census, 71.81% of the population spoke Galo, 4.72% Nepali, 3.78% Bengali, 3.60% Adi, 3.27% Hindi, 2.74% Bhojpuri, 2.67% Assamese and 1.08% Boro as their first language.

## Culture

People

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

