Daporijo

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| name = Daporijo

| native_name = Dapo

| native_name_lang = Tagin

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| nickname = Town of sunshiners

| settlement_type = Town

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| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = Arunachal Pradesh

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Upper Subansiri

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| established_date = 19 June 1991

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| governing_body = district court

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| population_total = 15468

| population_as_of = 2001

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Daporijo is a census town in the Upper Subansiri district in the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.

Demographics

As of the 2001 India census,{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=16 June 2004|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=1 November 2008|publisher= Census Commission of India}} Daporijo had a population of 15,468. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Daporijo has an average literacy rate of 59%, marginally lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 66% and, female literacy is 51%. In Daporijo, 19% of the population is under 6 years of age. Daporijo is the headquarters of the Upper Subansiri District.

Governance

Taniya Soki is the MLA of 24th Daporijo constituency (as of April-2019), and the Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Magistrate was Kanto Dangen APCS as of January 2021.

Topography

Daporijo is located at an elevation of 600 m above sea level. It is located beside the river Subansiri, one of the principal rivers of Arunachal Pradesh, and a major tributary of the Brahmaputra.

See also

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