# Kelong Village, Damin, Kurung Kumey (Arunachal Pradesh)

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Village · Damin, Kurung Kumey 

# Kelong

Kelong is a village in Damin sub-district of Kurung Kumey district, Arunachal Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **89 people in 23 households**, the 23rd largest of 53 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 7.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 24.3%.

- 89people (2011)
- 23households
- 7.4%literacy
- 1,171females per 1,000 males

## Kelong PIN code and other codes

Kelong falls in Damin sub-district, Kurung Kumey district, Arunachal Pradesh.

- Community development blockDamin
- Census village code265824

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

## How far is Kelong from nearby towns?

- Damin (sub-district HQ)28 km by road
- Koloriang (district HQ)132 km by road
- Koloriang (nearest town)132 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 Kelong?

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

### In the village

- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Koloriang
- ○Degree college10+ km · Ziro
- ○Public bus service10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water and canal / river

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.

## Homes and amenities in Kelong

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

■ Kelong · ■ Damin rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**0%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**95%

Tap water ****65%**

**46%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**3%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**98%

Use banking services ****0%**

**2%

Television ****0%**

**0%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**2%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**0%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**0%

None of these assets ****100%**

**87%

Own their home ****100%**

**100%

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 Kelong?

■ Kelong · ■ Damin rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****7.4%**

**24.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1171**

**1019

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****750**

**1176

Working population ****55.1%**

**49.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 10.3% for men and 5.1% for women. 54% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 42 (86%) · **■** Other work 6 (12%) · **■** Marginal 1 (2%)

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 Damin

- Omla118 people
- Jali113 people
- Sarang111 people
- Chulla106 people
- Mariangha85 people
- Chate84 people
- Saitam81 people
- Chedam77 people

[All 53 villages in Damin](https://wherepedia.org/india/arunachal-pradesh/kurung-kumey/damin/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kelong from Koloriang?132 km by road
- What is the population of Kelong?89 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kelong in?Kurung Kumey district (Damin sub-district), Arunachal Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kelong?7.4% (Census 2011)