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Arunachal Pradesh erstwhile known as North Eastern Frontier Agency (NEFA) is known as “The land of rising sun”. The state is situated as a sentinel in the northeastern part of India, bounded by international boundaries with China in the north, Myanmar in the southeast and Bhutan in the west. The state is situated at latitude of 90.360E to 97.30 E and longitude of 26.420N to 29.300N covering a total land area of 83,743 sq. km. The population of Arunachal Pradesh is 10, 91,117 (Census 2001). Density of population is 13 persons per square kilometer. Sex ratio of the state is 901 females per 1000 males as per census 2001. Due to its peculiar topography and difficult terrain, there is widely dispersed settlement pattern of the population that applies to both rural and urban areas. The rural population constitutes 79.59% and the urban only 20.41 %. The percentage of population below poverty line in 1999-2000 is 33.47 (SRS Bulletin, April 2001) with a percentage decadal growth of 26.21 and Average Annual Exponential Growth Rate of 2.33. The decadal growth rate of urban population is a staggering 101.29 %. The total literacy rate of the state is 54.74% with a male literacy rate of 64.07% and female literacy rate of 44.24%. The per capita income (97-98) of the state is Rs. 13424. [Source: Provisional Census of India 2001].
Administrative Divisions The administrative set up of Arunachal Pradesh and its changing district boundaries correspond broadly to natural boundaries of river basin. Even the boundaries of Sub-Divisions, Community Development Blocks and Administrative Circles within the districts have also been directly affected by the terrain features, though there is no cadastral survey conducted till date for clear cut demarcation of administrative boundaries. There are 16 Districts, 37 sub-divisions, 155 circles, 17 towns, 69 blocks and 3862 villages constituting an elaborate administrative structure for diffusing developmental activities in the state (Table 1). administrative set up in Arunachal Pradesh (Source: Census 2001)
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