Arunachal Pradesh

The summary below is generated from village-level records in the database (Census-derived fields). Click a district to view sub-districts (tehsils) and village lists.

Population summary

Arunachal Pradesh has an aggregated population of 9,368,720 people according to the village-level records in this database. There are approximately 1,823,672 households, giving an average household size of 5.14 persons. The sex ratio stands at about 940 females per 1000 males. 44.31% of the population (about 4,151,181) resides in rural areas while 10.16% (about 952,107) is urban.

CategoryCount
Total population9,368,720
Male4,829,483
Female4,539,237
Sex ratio (F per 1000 M)940
Rural population4,151,181 (44.31%)
Urban population952,107 (10.16%)
Total households1,823,672

Literacy

About 5,131,932 people out of 9,368,720 are recorded as literate in our aggregated village data, giving an approximate literacy rate of 54.78%.

CategoryNumber
Total literates5,131,932
Total illiterates4,236,788
Approximate literacy rate54.78%

Scheduled Castes & Tribes

The Scheduled Caste population recorded is 0 (0% of the state's aggregated population). Scheduled Tribe population is 6,500,772 (69.39%). These groups are important demographic markers for planning and social programs.

CategoryPopulationShare
Scheduled Caste (SC)00%
Scheduled Tribe (ST)6,500,77269.39%

Children & Workforce

Children aged 0–6 number 1,445,417, about 15.43% of the aggregated population. Total workers recorded across villages number 3,996,257, roughly 42.66% of the population (this is a simple workers-to-population share based on available columns).

CategoryNumberShare
Children (0-6)1,445,41715.43%
Total workers3,996,25742.66%

Largest & Smallest Districts (by population)

District 0 is the largest district by population with approximately 2,767,454 people, while Dibang Valley is the smallest with about 37,636 people.

DistrictPopulationHouseholds
District 0 2,767,454 541,154
Dibang Valley 37,636 9,139

Largest villages by population

Below are the largest villages recorded in this state by population. These settlements are major population centers at the village level and often serve as local market/township hubs.

VillagePopulation
ARUNACHAL PRADESH 1,383,727
ARUNACHAL PRADESH 1,066,358
ARUNACHAL PRADESH 317,369
Papum Pare 176,573
Changlang 148,226
Lohit 145,726
Changlang 128,998
Lohit 113,296
West Siang 112,274
Tirap 111,975