As of today, the population of Arunachal Pradesh

Arunachal Pradesh

Arunachal Pradesh is a state of India, located in the far northeast. It borders the states of Assam and Nagaland to the south, and shares international borders with Burma in the east, Bhutan in the west, and the People's Republic of China in the north. The majority of the territory is claimed by...

stands at a little over 1 million, which officially divides into 82 tribes and sub-tribes.

Demographic data

Population:
1,091,117

Birth rate:
28.50 births/1,000 population (1993 estimate)

Death rate:
10.00 deaths/1,000 population (1993 estimate)

Infant mortality rate:
58 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 estimate)

Sex ratio:
0.901 male(s)/female

15-64 years:
54.74%

Forest:
25.23%

Longtitude
90.36 degree East to 97.3 degree East

Latitude:
26.42 degree North to 29.30 degree North

Rainfall:
266 mm

Ethnic Groups:
Tribal Groups 63%, Non-tribal migrants 37%

Ethnic Tribes

In this list, the tribes are classified by the faith that they traditionally embrace.

Animist tribes

• Mishmi
• Adi
  Adi people
  The Adi, or Bangni-Bokar Lhoba people is a major collective tribe living in the Himalayan hills of Arunachal Pradesh, and they are found in the temperate and sub-tropical regions within the districts of East Siang, Upper Siang, West Siang and Dibang Valley. The older term Abor is a deprecated...
  
  
• Aka
  Aka (tribe)
  The Aka, also known as Hrusso, are found in the Thrizino , Bhalukpong , Buragaon, Jamiri, Palizi, Khuppi area in West Kameng of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. Their language belongs to the Tibeto-Burman family....
  
  
• Apatani
• Ashing
  Ashing
  Depending on context, ashing may refer to plasma ashing, which is used in semiconductor manufacturing and microelectromechanical systems for removing photoresist, or it may refer to the process below:...
  
  
• Chikum-Dui
• Bori
• Bugun (Khowa)
• Galo
• Hill Miri
• Konyak
• Lisu (Yobin)
• Miji
  Miji
  The Miji, also known by the names of Sajolang and Damai, inhabit the districts of West Kameng and East Kameng in Arunachal Pradesh, India...
  
   (Sajolang/Damai)
• Minyong
  Minyong
  The Minyong are a tribe of the Adi people, a tribal people living in Arunachal Pradesh, India. The Minyong are found in East Siang, Upper Siang and West Siang district. They have originated from Riga Village. Their villages are mostly found on the right and left bank of river Siang , starting from...
  
  
• Nidu-Mora
• Nishi (Nishi/Nishing/Dafla/Bangni)
• Palibo
• Ran (tribe)
• Rishi-Mashi
• Sulung
• Tagin
• Tangsa
• Tutsa
• Wancho

Buddhist tribes

Tibetan Buddhist

• Chugpa
  Chugpa
  The Chugpa are one of the few smaller tribes of Arunachal Pradesh, living in the West Kameng district around Dirang. They are a tribe of the Monpa....
  
  
• Khamba
  Khamba (tribe)
  The Khamba, also spelled Khemba, are a people who inhabit the Yang-Sang-Chu valley, near the Tibetan border. Within the valley they live in the villages Yorton, Lango, Tashigong, Nyukong and Mangkota....
  
  
• Lhoba
  Lhoba
  Lhoba is a term of obscure origin which has come to apply to a diverse amalgamation of Tibeto-Burman tribespeople living in and around "Pemako" , including Mainling, Medog, Zayü counties of Nyingchi Prefecture and Lhünzê County of Shannan Prefecture...
  
   (Idu, Yidu, Midu, Kera-ah)
• Lishipa
  Lishipa
  The Lishipa is a tribal group found in the Dirang area in the West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh in India. They are ethnically related to both the Chugpa and Monpa, in which they are officially classified as a tribe of the Monpa. However, the relative affinity of their linguistic origins to...
  
  
• Memba
  Memba
  The Memba are a tribal population of 3,500 is centered around Tuting and Geling, near the Siang river in the West Siang and Upper Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh in India not very far from the Tibetan border. A sizeable population can be found in the nearby Yargab-Chu valley in Mechuka , where...
  
  
• Monpa
• Nga
  Nga people
  The Na or Nga people is a small tribal group residing in the higher reaches, below the great Himalayan ranges in Upper Subansiri district of Arunachal Pradesh, India. Within the district, they are found in the villages within Taksing circle: Gumsing, Taying, Esnaya, Lingbing, Tongla, Yeja, Reding,...
  
  -Fagin
• Sherdukpen
  Sherdukpen
  The Sherdukpen are an ethnic group related to both the Aka and Monpa. Their population of 4,200 is centered in West Kameng in the villages of Rupa, Jigaon, Thongri, Shergaon, in Bomdila. All of these are at elevations between 5000–6000 feet above sea level...
  
  
• Takpa
  Takpa
  The Takpa is a linguistic northern sub-group of the Monpa people, while the southern sub-group is identified as the Tshangla. Monpas of the Takpa group are found in Tawang and Dirang of Arunachal Pradesh, Cuona of Tibet as well as Trashigang in Bhutan....
  
  
• Tshangla
• Zekhring
  Zekhring
  The Zekhring are from the Anjaw District of Arunachal Pradesh. They live in the hilly terrain and banks of the Lohit River in the Walong and Kibithoo area...
  
  

Theravada

Theravada

Theravada ; literally, "the Teaching of the Elders" or "the Ancient Teaching", is the oldest surviving Buddhist school. It was founded in India...

 Buddhist

• Chakma
  Chakma people
  The Chakmas , also known as the Changhma , are a community that inhabits the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh and the North-East India. The Chakmas are the largest ethnic group in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, making up more than half the tribal population. Chakmas are divided into 46 clans or...
  
  
• Aiton
• Khamti
• Khamyang
• Phake
  Phake
  Tai Phake, also known as Phakial or simply Phake belong to the Tai-speaking tribal group living in Dibrugarh district and Tinsukia district of Assam, principally along the areas of Dihing river as well as adjacent parts of Lohit and Changlang districts in Arunachal Pradesh...
  
  
• Singhpo
• Turung
  Turung people
  The Tai Turungs are a numerically small Buddhist community in the North East Indian state of Assam.They originally migrated from Upper Burma and settled in Assam in the latter part of 18th century....
  
  

Hindu

Hindu

Hindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...

 tribes

• Deori
  Deori (tribe)
  See Deori for disambiguationAssam is the habitation of various tribal communities. Almost all of them have certain culture and tradition and they develop it in their own and unique style. They have a great contribution towards the making and well-being of Assamese culture.Deori, Bodo, Mishing,...
  
  
• Mikir
• Mishing
  Mishing
  The Mishings are an ethnic group inhabiting the districts ofDhemaji, North Lakhimpur, Sonitpur, Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Sibsagar, Jorhat and Golaghat of Assam. Nearly 20,000 live in and around Pasighat of East Siang, Lower Dibang Valley and Lohit districts of Arunachal Pradesh. They are the second...
  
   (Miri)
• Nocte

External links

• Tribes Of Arunachal Pradesh - A Photography Tour...