Village · Sille-Oyan, East Siang
# Sikabamin

Sikabamin is a village in Sille-Oyan sub-district of East Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 1,451 people in 284 households, the 2nd largest of 12 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.0%.
- 1,451 people (2011)
- 284 households
- 48.2% literacy
- 924 females per 1,000 males

## Sikabamin PIN code and other codes

Sikabamin falls in Sille-Oyan sub-district, East Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh.
- Community development block Ruksin
- Census village code 263879

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

## How far is Sikabamin from nearby towns?
- Sille (sub-district HQ) 12 km by road
- Pasighat (district HQ) 22 km by road
- Pasighat (nearest town) 22 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Sikabamin?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Sikabamin; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Pre-primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Middle school In village · 1 govt
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Sports field In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 5–10 km · Sille
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Pasighat
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Roing
- ○ 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 5–10 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011) 8 h summer · 12 h winter

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

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Sikabamin known for?

The main crops are paddy and maize. Products made here include tea, galup, traditional dress and gale. About 54% of the 2,780 hectares of village land is sown.

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

## Homes and amenities in Sikabamin

Of every 100 households in Sikabamin in 2011, 26 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Sikabamin · ■ Sille-Oyan rural average
- Electricity for lighting 26% 44%
- Toilet within the home 6% 46%
- No toilet (open defecation) 94% 54%
- Tap water 4% 37%
- Drinking water within premises 6% 26%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 6%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 96% 92%
- Use banking services 39% 40%
- Television 16% 33%
- Mobile phone 44% 55%
- Computer with internet 1% 2%
- Two-wheeler 14% 13%
- Car / jeep / van 4% 7%
- None of these assets 29% 18%
- Own their home 89% 67%

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

## What is the population of Sikabamin?

■ Sikabamin · ■ Sille-Oyan rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 48.2% 65.0%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 924 963
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1050 1009
- Working population 38.8% 37.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 53.6% for men and 42.3% for women. 45% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 95 (17%) · ■ Farm labourers 297 (53%) · ■ Other work 43 (8%) · ■ Marginal 128 (23%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Sille-Oyan
- Rani 1,924 people
- Oyan Village 1,443 people
- Sille 1,091 people
- Donyi Polo T.E. 866 people
- Oyan Camp 751 people

All 12 villages in Sille-Oyan

## Quick answers
- How far is Sikabamin from Pasighat? 22 km by road
- What is the population of Sikabamin? 1,451 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sikabamin in? East Siang district (Sille-Oyan sub-district), Arunachal Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sikabamin? 48.2% (Census 2011)

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