| Lepa Rada district | |
| Settlement Type: | District of Arunachal Pradesh |
| Total Type: | Total |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Arunachal Pradesh |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 2018 |
| Seat Type: | Headquarters |
| Seat: | Basar |
| Parts Type: | Tehsils |
| Parts Style: | para |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Literacy |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Sex ratio |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +05:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 791101[1] |
Lepa Rada district, with headquarters at Basar, is one of the 25 districts of Arunachal Pradesh state in northeastern India. Lepa Rada falls under 29-Basar Assembly Constituency and 1-West Parliamentary Constituency. The district is centrally located, hence the name Lepa Rada (Lepa means centre and Rada means bulls-eye like in Archery). Basar, Tirbin, Dari and Sago are 4 administrative circles of the district. [2] [3] It was created from the West Siang district by bifurcating its southern areas along Assam border into a new district.
The district was created in 2018 by bifurcating the Lower Siang district.[4]
At the time of the 2011 census, Lepa Rada district had a population of 14,490. Scheduled Tribes made up 11,235 (77.54%).[5]
At the time of the 2011 census, 71.81% of the population spoke Galo, 4.72% Nepali, 3.78% Bengali, 3.60% Adi, 3.27% Hindi, 2.74% Bhojpuri, 2.67% Assamese and 1.08% Boro as their first language.[6]
People
Lepa Rada is inhabited by the Galo tribe. Mopin being the main festival of harvest.