# Diking Village, Pasighat, East Siang (Arunachal Pradesh)

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Village · Pasighat, East Siang 

# Diking

Diking is a village in Pasighat sub-district of East Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **447 people in 90 households**, the 10th largest of 26 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.2%.

- 447people (2011)
- 90households
- 72.5%literacy
- 935females per 1,000 males

## Diking PIN code and other codes

Diking falls in Pasighat sub-district, East Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh.

- Community development blockPasighat
- Census village code263908

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Diking from nearby towns?

- Pasighat (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Pasighat (district HQ)3 km by road
- Pasighat (nearest town)3 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Diking?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Diking; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 private
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Pasighat
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Pasighat
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Pasighat
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 12 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Diking known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. 

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Diking

Of every 100 households in Diking in 2011, 100 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 79 had a mobile phone, 46 a two-wheeler and 46 a car.

■ Diking · ■ Pasighat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**81%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**62%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**37%

Tap water ****100%**

**80%

Drinking water within premises ****88%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**19%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**81%

Use banking services ****69%**

**80%

Television ****84%**

**66%

Mobile phone ****79%**

**76%

Computer with internet ****6%**

**7%

Two-wheeler ****46%**

**38%

Car / jeep / van ****46%**

**24%

None of these assets ****12%**

**4%

Own their home ****63%**

**77%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Diking?

■ Diking · ■ Pasighat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.5%**

**79.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****935**

**1022

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****950**

**1069

Working population ****42.3%**

**40.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.4% for men and 69.5% for women. 51% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 2 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 13 (7%) · **■** Other work 120 (63%) · **■** Marginal 54 (29%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Pasighat

- Dapi772 people
- Tekang674 people
- Boying618 people
- Sibut467 people
- Tajum415 people
- Mongku372 people
- Berung360 people
- 3rd Mile353 people

[All 26 villages in Pasighat](https://wherepedia.org/india/arunachal-pradesh/east-siang/pasighat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Diking from Pasighat?3 km by road
- What is the population of Diking?447 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Diking in?East Siang district (Pasighat sub-district), Arunachal Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Diking?72.5% (Census 2011)