Demographics of Arunachal Pradesh
The Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh has a total population of roughly 1.4 million (as of 2011) on an area of 84,000 km2, amounting to a population density of about 17 pop./km2 (far below the Indian average of 370 pop./km2 but significantly higher than similarly mountainous Ladakh). The "indigenous groups" account for about two thirds of population, while immigrants, mostly of Bengali/Hindi belt origin, account for the remaining third.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 337,000 | — |
| 1971 | 468,000 | +38.9% |
| 1981 | 632,000 | +35.0% |
| 1991 | 865,000 | +36.9% |
| 2001 | 1,098,000 | +26.9% |
| 2011 | 1,484,000 | +35.2% |
| First ever census was carried out in 1961. Source: Census of India | ||
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