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

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Village · Pasighat, East Siang 

# Tekang

Tekang is a village in Pasighat sub-district of East Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **674 people in 104 households**, the 7th largest of 26 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.2%.

- 674people (2011)
- 104households
- 71.4%literacy
- 977females per 1,000 males

## Tekang PIN code and other codes

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

- Community development blockPasighat
- Census village code263900

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

## How far is Tekang from nearby towns?

- Pasighat (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Pasighat (district HQ)4 km by road
- Pasighat (nearest town)4 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 Tekang?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Tekang; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn 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)24 h summer · 24 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 Tekang known for?

The main crops are **paddy and maize**. 

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

## Homes and amenities in Tekang

Of every 100 households in Tekang in 2011, 61 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 95 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Tekang · ■ Pasighat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****61%**

**81%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**62%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**37%

Tap water ****63%**

**80%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**19%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**81%

Use banking services ****69%**

**80%

Television ****28%**

**66%

Mobile phone ****95%**

**76%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**7%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**38%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**24%

None of these assets ****2%**

**4%

Own their home ****60%**

**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 Tekang?

■ Tekang · ■ Pasighat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.4%**

**79.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****977**

**1022

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1178**

**1069

Working population ****41.7%**

**40.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.4% for men and 61.8% for women. 41% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 168 (60%) · **■** Farm labourers 43 (15%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 47 (17%) · **■** Marginal 21 (7%)

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

- Taki Lalung905 people
- Yagrung905 people
- Mirsam798 people
- Dapi772 people
- Boying618 people
- Sibut467 people
- Diking447 people
- Tajum415 people

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

## Quick answers

- How far is Tekang from Pasighat?4 km by road
- What is the population of Tekang?674 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tekang in?East Siang district (Pasighat sub-district), Arunachal Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Tekang?71.4% (Census 2011)