Village · Sawa, East Kameng
# Saria Takhang

Saria Takhang is a village in Sawa sub-district of East Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 148 people in 36 households, the 11th largest of 31 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 33.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 46.3%.
- 148 people (2011)
- 36 households
- 33.6% literacy
- 873 females per 1,000 males

## Saria Takhang PIN code and other codes

Saria Takhang falls in Sawa sub-district, East Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh.
- Community development block Chayangtajo
- Census village code 262271

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Saria Takhang from nearby towns?
- Chayang Tajo (sub-district HQ) 75 km by road
- Seppa (district HQ) 82 km by road
- Seppa (nearest town) 82 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Saria Takhang?

1 services counted by the Census are inside Saria Takhang; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Chayang Tajo
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Bomdila
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Roing
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Public bus service 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop 10+ km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water untreated tap water

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Saria Takhang known for?

The main crops are paddy, maize and millet.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Saria Takhang

Of every 100 households in Saria Takhang in 2011, 0 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Saria Takhang · ■ Sawa rural average
- Electricity for lighting 0% 0%
- Toilet within the home 18% 3%
- No toilet (open defecation) 82% 97%
- Tap water 0% 67%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 2%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 0%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 100%
- Use banking services 0% 17%
- Television 0% 1%
- Mobile phone 0% 12%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 0% 7%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 4%
- None of these assets 97% 68%
- Own their home 100% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Saria Takhang?

■ Saria Takhang · ■ Sawa rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 33.6% 46.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 873 1007
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 944 1038
- Working population 62.8% 50.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 34.4% for men and 32.7% for women. 61% of men and 65% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 71 (76%) · ■ Other work 2 (2%) · ■ Marginal 20 (22%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Sawa
- Bodo 215 people
- Nampe 207 people
- Nampe Bagang 170 people
- Namta Yangfo 151 people
- Loto Yangfo 112 people
- Bodhi 111 people
- Yakli Sullung 107 people
- Lamrah 100 people

All 32 villages in Sawa

## Quick answers
- How far is Saria Takhang from Seppa? 82 km by road
- What is the population of Saria Takhang? 148 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Saria Takhang in? East Kameng district (Sawa sub-district), Arunachal Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Saria Takhang? 33.6% (Census 2011)

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