About Tirap District

Tirap is a district in Arunachal Pradesh, India. As per the data provided by Census of India in 2011, total population of Tirap was 111,975 with a growth rate of 11.61%. Tirap covers 2,362 Km² area. Sex ratio of Tirap's population is 944 females for every 1000 males, while child sex ratio is 961 females out of 1000 males.

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For easier reading, details are categorized in four sections i.e. Population of Tirap, Urban/Rural population of Tirap, Literacy data of Tirap and Religion wise data of Tirap. Below are the full details and list of tehsils in Tirap,Arunachal Pradesh, India. Select any of these to know detailed information about them.

Area, population and sex ratio of Tirap

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	DESCRIPTION	VALUE
Total Population	111,975	Growth (%)	11.61
Male Population	57,604	Sex Ratio	944
Female Population	54,371	Child Sex Ratio	961
Area ( In Km. Square )	2,362

Tirap has a total population of 111,975 people. Out of this, the male population stands at 57,604 while the female population 54,371. The district area is 2,362 square kilometers.

In terms of demographic statistics, Tirap has sex ratio of 944 females per 1000 males and a child sex ratio of 961 girls per 1000 boys.

Urban/Rural Population of Tirap

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	DESCRIPTION	VALUE
Urban Population	20,810	Rural Population	91,165
Urban Population (%)	18.58	Rural Population (%)	81.42
Urban male Population	11,419	Rural Male Population	46,185
Urban Female Population	9,391	Rural Female Population	44,980
Urban Sex Ratio	822	Rural Sex Ratio	974

Tirap urban population is 20,810 (18.58% of the total), while the rural population is 91,165 (81.42% of the total). Across the decade to 2011 the district grew by 11.61% overall.

Among the urban population 11,419 are males, and 9,391 are females, resulting in an urban sex ratio of 822 females per 1000 males. In the rural population 46,185 are males and 44,980 are females, resulting in an rural sex ratio of 974 females per 1000 males.

Literacy data of Tirap

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	DESCRIPTION	VALUE
Total Literate	47,974	Literacy (%)	52.19
Male Literate	29,313	Male Literacy (%)	61.87
Female Literate	18,661	Female Literacy (%)	41.89
Urban Literate	14,675	Rural Literate	33,299
Urban Male Literates	8,685	Urban Male Literacy (%)	86.50
Rural Male Literates	20,628	Rural Male Literacy (%)	55.24
Urban Female Literates	5,990	Urban Female Literacy (%)	73.75
Rural Female Literates	12,671	Rural Female Literacy (%)	34.78

The literacy data of Tirap highlights a total literacy rate stands at 52.19% with 47,974 literate individuals. Male literacy is 61.87% while female literacy is lower at 41.89% among them, 29,313 males and 18,661 females are literate, highlighting a gender gap.

Urban areas show higher literacy rate with 14,675 people being literate, with men at 86.50% and female at 73.75%, compared to rural areas whereas 33,299 people are literate, with male at 55.24% and female at 34.78%. Highlights a gap between urban and rural literacy rates.

Religion Wise Data of Tirap

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	DESCRIPTION	VALUE
Hindu	20,682	Hindu (%)	18.47
Muslim	1,103	Muslim (%)	0.99
Sikh	61	Sikh (%)	0.05
Christian	83,361	Christian (%)	74.45
Jain	43	Jain (%)	0.04
Buddhist	778	Buddhist (%)	0.69
Other	5,325	Other (%)	4.76
Not Avaiable	622	Not Avaiable (%)	0.56

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Common questions about Tirap

As recorded in the Census of India 2011, Tirap district had a population of 111,975. That figure has not been revised since, because no later census has been completed.

Tirap is divided into 11 tehsils. Each one is listed on this page, and opening a tehsil shows every village recorded inside it.

The sex ratio of Tirap is 944 females for every 1000 males. A figure below 1000 means women are outnumbered in the district.

The child sex ratio of Tirap is 961 girls for every 1000 boys, counting only children aged 0 to 6.

The literacy rate of Tirap is 52.19 per cent. That works out to 47,974 literate people.

Tirap covers an area of 2,362 square kilometres.

91,165 people in Tirap live in rural areas and 20,810 live in urban areas, so the district is counted as largely rural in character.

The population of Tirap grew by 11.61 per cent between the 2001 and 2011 censuses.

Tirap is a district of Arunachal Pradesh. You can open Arunachal Pradesh from this page to see all of its other districts.

A tehsil is the administrative level between a district and a village. Some states call the same unit a taluka, mandal, block or circle, but it sits in the same place in the hierarchy.