Gelling, Arunachal Pradesh

Gelling
Village and administrative circle
Gelling Circle in the Upper Siang district
Gelling Circle in the Upper Siang district
Gelling is located in Arunachal Pradesh
Gelling
Gelling
Gelling village in Arunachal Pradesh, India
Gelling is located in India
Gelling
Gelling
Gelling (India)
Coordinates: 29°08′04″N 94°58′39″E / 29.1345°N 94.9776°E / 29.1345; 94.9776
CountryIndia
StateArunachal Pradesh
DistrictUpper Siang district
Sub-divisionTuting
Gelling, Arunachal Pradesh
Simplified Chinese更仁
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGèng rén

Gelling, or Geling, is a village and the headquarters of an eponymous circle in the Upper Siang district in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. The Brahmaputra River (called "Siang" in Arunachal Pradesh) enters India near Gelling.[1][2] Gelling village is located around 35 km upstream from Tuting.[3]

The Gelling Circle contains the basin of the Siang river on both the sides, on the border of the Medog County of China's Tibet Autonomous Region. It has a population of 742 people living in six villages. The other villages in the Circle are Bishing, Bona, Kopu, Mayum and Norbudling. The Geling Circle along with the Singa Circle is organised as a community development block with 19 villages in total.[4]

  1. ^ Seethalaxmi (17 August 2018). "Gelling in Arunachal, Where the Siang Enters India". Footloose Indian.
  2. ^ Hazarika, Sanjoy (24 February 2021). "The Brahmaputra is in danger. Delhi and Dhaka must challenge Beijing". Hindustan Times.
  3. ^ "Gelling". Upper Siang district, Government of Arunachal Pradesh. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  4. ^ Upper Siang District Census Handbook, Part A, Census of India, 2012, pp. 27, 103.