Jang is a tourist destination, town and subdivision in Jang Valley in
Tawang district
Tawang district (Pron:/tɑ:ˈwæŋ or təˈwæŋ/) is the smallest of the 26 Districts of Arunachal Pradesh, administrative districts of Arunachal Pradesh state in northeastern India. With a population of 49,977, it is the eighth least populous ...
of
Arunachal Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in northeast India. It was formed from the North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA) region, and India declared it as a state on 20 February 1987. Itanagar is its capital and la ...
state of
India
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. It lies on
NH-13 Trans-Arunachal Highway 40 km southwest of
Tawang and north of
Sela Tunnel/
Sela Pass
The Sela Pass () ( more appropriately called ''Se La'', as La means Pass in Tibetan language) is a high-altitude mountain pass located on the border between the Tawang and West Kameng districts in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. It has ...
. As per the
2011 Census of India, Jang has a population of 5,480. Jang Hydal Plant, near the base of
Nuranang Falls (Jang Falls), is a small
hydel plant which generates electricity for local use.
Demography
Jang subdivision has a total of 8 villages. Below is the list of villages under the Jang subdivision:
Tourist place
The
Nuranang Falls or the Jang Falls, famous for
Koyla
''Koyla'' ( Coal) is a 1997 Indian Hindi-language action film, action thriller film directed, co-written and produced by Rakesh Roshan starring Shah Rukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit and Amrish Puri in lead roles with Johnny Lever, Ashok Saraf, Salim Gh ...
movie's song shooting and
Jaswant Garh War Memorial commemorating
MVC (posthumous)
Jaswant Singh Rawat's fearless fight unto death during
Battle of Nooranang in
Sino-Indian war
The Sino–Indian War, also known as the China–India War or the Indo–China War, was an armed conflict between China and India that took place from October to November 1962. It was a military escalation of the Sino–Indian border dispu ...
in 1962, driving 40 Km from Tawang.
See also
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Sela Tunnel
References
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Arunachal Pradesh
Tawang district
Tourism in India