Lepa Rada district

Lepa Rada district, with headquarters at Basar, is one of the 28 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. 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.

At the time of the 2011 census, Lepa Rada district had a population of 14,490. Scheduled Tribes made up 11,235.
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 [language (India)|Boro] as their first language.

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