Village · Damin, Kurung Kumey
# Sayang

Sayang is a village in Damin sub-district of Kurung Kumey district, Arunachal Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 121 people in 25 households, the 17th largest of 53 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 23.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 24.3%.
- 121 people (2011)
- 25 households
- 23.6% literacy
- 1,161 females per 1,000 males

## Sayang PIN code and other codes

Sayang falls in Damin sub-district, Kurung Kumey district, Arunachal Pradesh.
- Community development block Damin
- Census village code 265823

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

## How far is Sayang from nearby towns?
- Damin (sub-district HQ) 24 km by road
- Koloriang (district HQ) 128 km by road
- Koloriang (nearest town) 128 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Sayang?

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

### In the village
- ● Ration (PDS) shop In village
- ● Mandi / regular market In village
- ● Weekly haat In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Sports field In village
- ● Public library In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Koloriang
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Ziro
- ○ Public bus service 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water untreated tap water and canal / river

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

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## Homes and amenities in Sayang

Of every 100 households in Sayang 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.

■ Sayang · ■ Damin rural average
- Electricity for lighting 0% 0%
- Toilet within the home 0% 4%
- No toilet (open defecation) 96% 95%
- Tap water 80% 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).

## What is the population of Sayang?

■ Sayang · ■ Damin rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 23.6% 24.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1161 1019
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 882 1176
- Working population 54.5% 49.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 30.8% for men and 18.0% for women. 48% of men and 60% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 51 (77%) · ■ Other work 12 (18%) · ■ Marginal 3 (5%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Damin
- Cheya 135 people
- Dania 135 people
- Ramu 130 people
- Putong 124 people
- Kopila 118 people
- Omla 118 people
- Jali 113 people
- Sarang 111 people

All 53 villages in Damin

## Quick answers
- How far is Sayang from Koloriang? 128 km by road
- What is the population of Sayang? 121 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sayang in? Kurung Kumey district (Damin sub-district), Arunachal Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sayang? 23.6% (Census 2011)

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