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Lohit, Arunanchal Pradesh

Not a Scheduled AreaCensus 2011 district code 259
  1. 11 Sept 2026 · DecidedEnvironmental clearance grantedOnshore Oil & Gas Drilling & Testing at Loc. ONMA in OALP-I Block AA-ONHP-2017/16 under Namsai District in…
  2. 11 Sept 2026 · DecidedEnvironmental clearance grantedOnshore Oil & Gas Exploration Drilling & Testing at Loc. ONMB in OALP-I Block AA-ONHP-2017/16 under Namsai…

Dated by the portal's own appraisal history, converted to India Standard Time; a proposal with no recorded history appears on its register submission date.

Other clearances these proposals declare

Forest land diversion declared
1
Forest land sought for diversion
5 ha
Wildlife board recommendation declared
0
In or near a protected area
0
In an eco-sensitive zone
0

These counts are taken from the application forms of the 5 of 5 proposals naming this district whose forms have been read for these questions. In 2 of those forms at least one question was left blank, and a blank answer is counted as unknown. The forest area is the area stated for forest clearance, with each forest proposal counted once, in the district where its project is primarily sited.

Proposals naming this district
5
Category A proposals
2
Families declared displaced
480
Families declared affected
480

Displacement figures are the proponents’ own declarations. A project sited across several districts declares one figure for the whole project, and that figure is counted once, in the district where the project is primarily sited.

Fifth Schedule status

Not within a Fifth Schedule Scheduled Area

No Presidential Order under paragraph 6 of the Fifth Schedule declares any Scheduled Area in Arunanchal Pradesh, so no part of this district is one and PESA does not apply. A different protection does apply here: the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation 1873 (Inner Line) and State land law; the Fifth Schedule has never been extended to it.

OrderMinistry of Tribal Affairs, Scheduled Areas declared under paragraph 6 of the Fifth Schedule to the Constitution

What the record shows

  • The Scheduled Tribe share here, 32.5%, is at least double the national figure of 8.55%.

  • Applicants for projects sited mainly in this district have declared 480 families to be displaced. The figure comes from their applications, and we have not verified it.

Each of these observations appears when a fixed rule is met by the figures on this page, so the same figures always give the same sentences. None of them is a view on whether a project should go ahead.

Who lives there

Figures from Census 2011, each compared with the all-India value computed on the same definition.

Total population
1,45,726
Households
30,005
Average household size
4.86
level with IndiaIndia
Scheduled Tribe share of population
32.5%
24.0 points above IndiaIndia
Scheduled Caste share of population
0.0%
16.6 points below IndiaIndia
Children aged 0-6
16.4%
2.8 points above IndiaIndia
Literacy rate
68.2%
4.8 points below IndiaIndia
Sex ratio
912
30.7 below India's 942.6India

What they live on

How the district's workers earn a living, from Census 2011. The land-dependent share counts cultivators and agricultural labourers as a share of all workers, and it is the group most directly affected when land is acquired.

Total workers
60,945
Work participation rate
41.8%
2.0 points above IndiaIndia
Workers dependent on land
61.9%
7.3 points above IndiaIndia
Cultivators
49.1%
24.5 points above IndiaIndia
Agricultural labourers
12.8%
17.1 points below IndiaIndia
Marginal workers
16.7%
8.0 points below IndiaIndia
Household industry workers
1.3%
2.5 points below IndiaIndia

How households live

Land, income and work among rural households, from the Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011, which recorded these where the population census did not. Only the survey's rural part is used here, so urban households do not appear.

Rural households owning land
56.5%
10.4 points above IndiaIndia

The India figure is computed from 614 of 640 districts, because the source table has no value for the others.

Rural households whose highest earner makes over ₹5,000 a month
22.5%
1.9 points below IndiaIndia

The India figure is computed from 614 of 640 districts, because the source table has no value for the others.

Rural households living mainly on manual casual labour
17.5%
34.3 points below IndiaIndia

The India figure is computed from 614 of 640 districts, because the source table has no value for the others.

Rural households with a salaried member
18.2%
10.0 points above IndiaIndia

The India figure is computed from 614 of 640 districts, because the source table has no value for the others.

When these were filed

Each proposal is dated by the first step in its appraisal history, the dated record of steps the portal keeps for it.

2024-Q32026-Q2

The timeline counts all 5 proposals here, since each one records the date it was first filed.

What kind of projects these are

The proposals naming this district, grouped by the sector each was filed under.

  • Industrial Projects - 2 60%
  • River Valley and Hydroelectric Projects 40%

The four largest sectors are shown by name and the rest are grouped as Other.

What is proposed here

These are the proposals in the national environmental clearance register whose application names a site in this district, newest first. A project with sites in several districts appears under each of them.

  1. Category B2EC Granted2026-05-05

    Onshore Oil & Gas Drilling & Testing at Loc. ONMA in OALP-I Block AA-ONHP-2017/16 under Namsai District in the state of Arunachal Pradesh.

    OIL INDIA LTD · Industrial Projects - 2

  2. Category B2EC Granted2026-04-28

    Onshore Oil & Gas Exploration Drilling & Testing at Loc. ONMB in OALP-I Block AA-ONHP-2017/16 under Namsai District in the State of Arunachal Pradesh

    OIL INDIA LTD · Industrial Projects - 2

  3. Category AProposal returned in present form2025-12-24declares affected families

    Demwe Lower Hydroelectric Project

    GREENKO DEMWE POWER LIMITED · River Valley and Hydroelectric Projects

  4. Category AGranted2025-10-09declares affected families

    Demwe Lower Hydroelectric Project

    GREENKO DEMWE POWER LIMITED · River Valley and Hydroelectric Projects

  5. Category B2EC Granted2024-08-26

    Proposed Onshore Oil & Gas Exploration for Loc. OCKA in OALP-I Block AA-ONHP-2017/13 (Chongkham Block) at Namsai district, Arunachal Pradesh

    OIL INDIA LIMITED · Industrial Projects - 2

All 5 proposals that name this district, newest first.