Kaho is a small village on the banks of the Lohit River on the India-China Line of Actual Control in the Anjaw district in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.

The village is at an elevation of 1,240 metres (4,070 ft). It is 580 km east of Itanagar, nearly 70 km north of the district headquarters at Hawai, nearly 8 km south of the India-China Line of Actual Control, 30 km west of Diphu Pass near the India-China-Myanmar tri-junction, and 10 km north of Kibithu. The nearest air connectivity is 30 km south at the Walong airstrip in Walong. The village has an Indian Army checkpost. Kaho will be projected as the first village of the country by team Discover FarEast with the help of district administration.

Demographics

Kaho is one of the seven villages of the Kibithoo block in Arunachal Pradesh's Anjaw district through which the river Lohit flows and divides the scenic region into the west and east banks. They are connected at several places by foot suspension and Bailey bridges.

Kaho is inhabited by the Meyor community, who are Buddhists by faith. According to the 2011 census, it had a population of 65 residents and a literacy rate of 64.15%, which was lower than the 65.38% for the state of Arunachal Pradesh. Male literacy stood at 74.07% while female literacy rate was 53.85%.

The village population of children aged 0-6 was 12, which makes up 18.46% of the population of the village. The average sex ratio of Kaho village was 1097 which was higher than Arunachal Pradesh state average of 938. The child sex ratio for Kaho in the census was 2000, higher than Arunachal Pradesh average of 972.

As per the constitution of India and the Panchyati Raaj Act, Kaho is administrated by a sarpanch (head of village) who is the elected representative.

The residents suffer from a lack of basic amenities. The village's health center is shut and children have to attend the high school in Kibithoo, located around 5 km away, on the north bank of the Lohit river.

There is a monastery for the local Buddhist population.

Transport

The 2,000-kilometre-long (1,200 mi) proposed Mago-Thingbu to Vijaynagar Arunachal Pradesh Frontier Highway along the McMahon Line, (will intersect with the proposed East-West Industrial Corridor Highway) and will pass through this district, an alignment map of which can be seen here and here.

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