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Arunachal Pradesh erstwhile known as North Eastern Frontier Agency (NEFA) is known as “The land of rising sun”. The state is situated as a sentinel in the northeastern part of India, bounded by international boundaries with China in the north, Myanmar in the southeast and Bhutan in the west. The state is situated at latitude of 90.360E to 97.30 E and longitude of 26.420N to 29.300N covering a total land area of 83,743 sq. km.

The population of the state is 13,82,611 (Census 2011). Density of population is 17 persons per Sq.Km. Sex ratio of the state is 920 females per 1000 males as per census 2011. Due to its peculiar topography and difficult terrain, there is widely dispersed settlement pattern of the population, rural contributing 77.33% and urban contributing 22.67%. The percentage decadal growth is 26.92%. The total literacy rate of the state is 66.95%. [Source:Census 2011].

 

Health Facilities in the state

There are 15 District Hospitals, 54 Community Health Centres, 128 Primary Health Centres and 472 Sub Health Centres, in the state.

Of the above, 14 District Hospitals are fully functional, of which 11 DHs are functioning as FRUs. Out of 54 CHCs in the state, 49 are functional. 97 PHCs are functional out of 127. A total of 286 SCs are functional out of 472.

District wise health facilities.

Sl.

No.

DISTRICT

Population

District Hospital

CHC

PHC

SC

1

Tawang

49950

1

1

6

14

2

west Kameng

87013

1

4

6

25

3

east Kameng

78413

1

3

10

45

4

Papumpare

176385

1

4

8

43

5

Lower Subansiri

82839

1

2

8

29

6

Kurung Kumey

89717

0

4

11

44

7

Upper Subansiri

83205

1

5

13

46

8

West Siang

112272

1

6

14

46

9

East Siang

99019

1

5

15

38

10

Upper Siang

35289

1

4

2

13

11

Lower Dibang Valley

53986

1

3

5

13

12

Dibang Valley

7948

1

0

1

3

13

Lohit

145538

1

3

8

23

14

anjaw

21089

1

2

4

25

15

Changlang

147951

1

4

8

29

16 TIRAP 111997 1 1 6 20
17 LONGDING   0 3 2 16

total

1382611

15

54

128

472

 
   


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