Fact File – Arunachal Pradesh

AREA    83,743 sq. km
CAPITAL  Itanagar
ATTAINED STATEHOOD   Feb 20, 1987
POPULATION (2001 census)    1,091,117
INDIA RANKING IN POPULATION FIGURES (2001census)    27
DISTRICTS   13

LITERACY RATE (2001 census)   54.74
LANGUAGES    Adi, Aka, Apatani, Dafla, Nishing, Miji, Gallong, Nocte,Wancho, Tagin, Hill Miri, Idu Mishmi, Miju Mishmi, Digaru Mishmi, Monpa, Tangsa, Khampti, Sherdukpen, and Bangni.
LEGISLATURE   Unicameral.
CLIMATE     Highly hot and humid in the lower altitude and very cold in the higher altitude.
RAINFALL   3300 cms average.
CLOTHING      Summer- cotton, Winter- woollen.
SEASON TO VISIT     October to April. 

For more information, contact:

Director (Tourism)
Government of Arunachal Pradesh, Itanagar.
Ph: (0360) 214745/ 214752/ 214450

Officer Incharge
Government of India Tourist Office
C- Sector, Naharlagun
Ph: (0360) 244328/ 241363

Resident Commissioner
Government of Arunachal Pradesh
Chanankyapuri, Kautilya Marg, New Delhi
Ph: (011) 3013915/ 3013456

Dy Resident Commissioner
Government of Arunachal Pradesh
4B, Chowringhee Place, Kolkata- 700013
Ph: (033) 2286500

R.G. Barua Road, Guwahati, Assam
Ph: (0361) 562859

Shillong, Meghalaya
Ph: (0364) 224247

Liaison Officer
Government of Arunachal Pradesh
Lilabari, North Lakhimpur, Assam
Ph: (03752) 2286

Mohanbari , Dibrugarh, Assam
Ph: (0373) 82560