2.1 Locations, Area and
Administrative Division
Roing, the district HQ of Lower Dibang Valley
district of Arunachal Pradesgh is situated between the 27.30’N to 28.33 N’
between the Latitude and the Longitude between 95.15 E to 96.30 E. It is
bounded by
District named after
|
SL. NO. |
PARTICULARS |
DETAILS IN FIGURE |
|
1 |
Geographical
Area |
3900 Sq Kms |
|
2 |
Cultivable
Area |
25, 280 Hects |
|
3 |
Irrigated
Area |
2791 Hects. |
|
4 |
Population |
50,448 (As per 2001 census) |
|
|
Male |
27,156 |
|
|
Female |
23,292 |
|
6 |
No.
of Subdivisions |
03 (Roing, Dambuk
and Hunli) |
|
7 |
No.
of Circle HQs |
06 (Roing, Koronu, Dambuk, Paglam, Hunli and Desali) |
|
8 |
No.of
Community Blocks |
03 1) Roing-Koronu CD 2) Hunli-Desali CD
& 3) Dambuk-Paglam. |
|
9 |
No.
Of Gram Panchayats |
154 |
|
10 |
No.
Of Villages |
112 |
|
11 |
Major
Rivers (7) |
Dibang, Deopani, Epi-Pani, Eze-Pani, Diphu-Nalah,
Abha Pani, Dotung, Siri |
|
12 |
Communication
Facilities |
Bus,
Pawan Hans Air Service, Tata Sumo, Computerized Railway Reservation. (Roingt via Mohanbari to Itanagar by Pawanhans
Service) |
2.2 Salient
Physical features and Land Use Pattern
The upper belt of district is highly hostile terrain with
rough mountains, where shifting cultivation is widely practiced by the people,
while the lower part of belt is covered by fertile, where both Jhum and settled
cultivation are practiced in the form of Wet Rice Cultivation (WRC) and Trace
Rice Cultivation (TRC) and also has high fishery potentiality. It has a total
of 25, 280 Hects of cultivated area
.The classification of the type of land are:
2.3 Forests
The major
forest area is in the Hunli-Desali Block and also enters upto the river bank.
As a traditional practice of tribal community, the local people were not
restricted from having privilege of hunting, fishing and trapping etc, until
the enforcement of Wildlife Protection Act 1972, which has able to keep aside
from outside invasion in the periphery of forest reserved area as the Mehao
Wildlife Sanctuary Division, Roing and Dibang Forest Division (T). There are
reserve forests in the district, which helps the
2.4 Climate
and Rainfall
Climate
of the district is of a sub-tropical climate with high humidity. The lower belt
of the district experiences hot climate in summer during the month of June,
July and August. The Northern belt of the district that is Desali and
May is usually the hottest month. Occurrence of fire accidents is generally seen in the district during the winter. December is the coolest month of the year. The highest maximum temperature recorded at Roing was -------------on -----------------.
Monsoon generally commences from 16th
June every year. Average rainfall of the district is 4,058.76 mm recorded
during 2005. The rainfall during June to December constitutes at least 75% of
the annual rainfall of the district. There is average 62 rainy days in a year
in the district. Normal and actual rainfall of
|
Source: EE,RWD, Roing |
||||
|
Sl No |
Year |
Annual
Rainfall |
||
|
|
Actual (mm) |
Deviation
from |
||
|
1 |
2001 |
284.90 |
3418.80 |
- 3133.90 |
|
2 |
2002 |
290.33 |
3484.00 |
- 3193.67 |
|
3 |
2003 |
324.15 |
3889.80 |
- 3564.65 |
|
4 |
2004 |
406.93 |
4883.20 |
- 4476.27 |
|
5 |
2005 |
331.46 |
3977.60 |
- 3646.14 |
|
6 |
2006 |
281.93 |
3383.20 |
- 3101.27 |
2.6
Socio-Economic Features
Agriculture and fishing are the two
major sources of income in the district of Lower Dibang Valley. But many people
have small business. Some people in the Contract works and other have sound
business of hotels and restaurants vis a vis selling of agri and horti
products. The district of Lower Dibang Valley has got many tourist spots and
religious places such as: Mayudiya pass, Bhishmaknagar, Mehao lake,
2.7
River Systems
and Dams
The district of Lower Dibang Valley has given ways
to the following rivers.
v Dibang
v Sisiri
v Deopani
v Dotung
v Abhapani
2.8
Transport and
Communication Network
The Principal means of transport is by road
as the