Khonsa
Town
Khonsa Location in Arunachal Pradesh, India Show map of Arunachal Pradesh Khonsa Khonsa (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 27°01′N 95°34′E / 27.02°N 95.57°E / 27.02; 95.57
Country	India
State	Arunachal Pradesh
District	Tirap
Elevation	1,215 m (3,986 ft)
Population  (2001)
• Total	9,229
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code	IN-AR
Vehicle registration	AR

Khonsa is the headquarters of Tirap district in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. It also houses Ramakrishna Sarada Mission School, Christ The King ICSE School. The Noctes, a Wancho tribe, are the indigenous population, although the town is cosmopolitan in nature, people from every Indian state can be found here. It is 43km away from Deomali Town.

Geography

Khonsa is located at 27°01′N 95°34′E / 27.02°N 95.57°E / 27.02; 95.57.^[1] It has an average elevation of 1215 metres (3986 feet).

Education

Wangcha Rajkumar Government College in Deomali Town is the only college in Tirap district, it is 43km away from Khonsa.

Demographics

As of 2001^[update] India census,^[2] Khonsa had a population of 9229. Males constitute 56% of the population and females 44%. Khonsa has an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 65%. In Khonsa, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.

The majority of the people are Christians, mostly Baptist, although some are Roman Catholics. There are relatively few animists. Among Nocte Catholics, syncretism between traditional religions and Christianity is evident.^[3] American-sponsored missionaries in Khonsa and neighboring districts. Christ King Catholic Church Khonsa is helping the people to grow up in spirituality.

Languages

According to the 2011 Census, Nocte is Spoken by 2,704 people, Hindi by 1,327 people, Bengali by 1,008, Nepali by 823 people, Wancho by 799, Bhojpuri by 555 people and Assamese by 473.^[4]