![]() History of Papum Pare District Initially, the Papum Pare district was a portion of the organizational unit of Western Section of North-East Frontier Tract. It was renamed as Balipara Frontier Tract in 1919. This tract was bifurcated into two organizational units in 1954, and these units are the Subansiri Frontier Division and the Kameng Frontier Division. The Subansiri Frontier Division became Subansiri District in the year 1965. Further, in the year 1987 Subansiri District was divided into Upper Subansiri District and Lower Subansiri District. The Papum Pare District was created from the Lower Subansiri District in 1993. Geography of Papum Pare District ![]() Demography of Papum Pare District The Nishis or Nishing tribe are the local inhabitants of Papum Pare district. Moreover, Mikir Tribe, who are the migrants from the neighbouring state of Assam, form a major part of the local population. The Nishis belong to the Indo-Mongoloid group of people and their language belongs to the Tibeto-Burman language family. Nishi tribe are also known as the followers of the Baptist sect of Christianity. According to the Population Census in the year 2011, the Papum Pare district has a population of 176,385. This gives the ranking of this district as the 594th Village in India, out of 640 villages in India. The Papum Pare district has a population density of 51 inhabitants per square kilometers. Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 44.57%. Papum Pare has a sex ratio of 950 females for every 1000 males. The literacy rate of the Papum Pare is 82.14%. Tourism of Papum Pare District Papum Pare district is popular for its vast range of tourist places and sightseeing options. The popular places of interest include Itanagar, Doimukh, Segalee, Kimin. Some of the main places of interest of Itanagar are Ita fort (13th century ruins of a brick fort), Ganga Lake (Gekar Sinyi), Zoological Park (Chimpu), Jawaharlal Nehru State Museum and Buddhist Gompa and Theravada Buddhist Temple Arunachal University, Rono Hills. Papum Pare district attracts people from different parts of the world through its rich and indigenous customs and traditions besides its magnificent tourist attractions. |