Village · Seijosa, East Kameng
# Lanka

Lanka is a village in Seijosa sub-district of East Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 42 people in 7 households, the 12th largest of 19 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.9%.
- 42 people (2011)
- 7 households
- 75.9% literacy
- 750 females per 1,000 males

## Lanka PIN code and other codes

Lanka falls in Seijosa sub-district, East Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh.
- Community development block Seijosa
- Census village code 261896

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

## How far is Lanka from nearby towns?
- Seijosa (sub-district HQ) 14 km by road
- Seppa (district HQ) 234 km by road
- Seppa (nearest town) 234 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Lanka?

2 services counted by the Census are inside Lanka; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Primary school under 5 km · Jolly
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Seijosa
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Itanagar
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Itanagar
- ○ 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 under 5 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water untreated tap water and canal / river
- Electricity (2011) 8 h summer · 10 h winter

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

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Lanka known for?

The main crops are paddy, maize and orange.

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

## Homes and amenities in Lanka

Of every 100 households in Lanka in 2011, 100 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 86 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Lanka · ■ Seijosa rural average
- Electricity for lighting 100% 86%
- Toilet within the home 100% 70%
- No toilet (open defecation) 0% 27%
- Tap water 100% 93%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 49%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 44%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 55%
- Use banking services 100% 76%
- Television 86% 58%
- Mobile phone 86% 60%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 0% 24%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 7%
- None of these assets 0% 18%
- Own their home 86% 43%

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

## What is the population of Lanka?

■ Lanka · ■ Seijosa rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 75.9% 75.9%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 750 1009
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1167 936
- Working population 45.2% 34.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.9% for men and 54.5% for women. 38% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 1 (5%) · ■ Household industry 2 (11%) · ■ Other work 2 (11%) · ■ Marginal 14 (74%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Seijosa
- Mobuso -1 82 people
- A - 2 Block 78 people
- West Dekorai 50 people
- Monai 43 people
- Mobuso - II 30 people
- A - 3 Block 29 people
- A - 1 Block 27 people
- Taro Boso 24 people

All 22 villages in Seijosa

## Quick answers
- How far is Lanka from Seppa? 234 km by road
- What is the population of Lanka? 42 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lanka in? East Kameng district (Seijosa sub-district), Arunachal Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Lanka? 75.9% (Census 2011)

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