Village · Parsi-Parlo, Kurung Kumey
# Sobu

Sobu is a village in Parsi-Parlo sub-district of Kurung Kumey district, Arunachal Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 83 people in 14 households, the 54th largest of 65 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 35.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 37.1%.
- 83 people (2011)
- 14 households
- 35.9% literacy
- 844 females per 1,000 males

## Sobu PIN code and other codes

Sobu falls in Parsi-Parlo sub-district, Kurung Kumey district, Arunachal Pradesh.
- Community development block Parsi-Parlo
- Census village code 265737

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

## How far is Sobu from nearby towns?
- Parsi-Parlo (sub-district HQ) 53 km by road
- Koloriang (district HQ) 53 km by road
- Koloriang (nearest town) 53 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Sobu?

0 services counted by the Census are inside Sobu; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### Nearest outside
- ○ Primary school 10+ km · Koloriang
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Koloriang
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Yachuli
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Itanagar
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Public bus service 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop 10+ km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 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 Sobu

Of every 100 households in Sobu 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.

■ Sobu · ■ Parsi-Parlo rural average
- Electricity for lighting 0% 0%
- Toilet within the home 0% 1%
- No toilet (open defecation) 100% 99%
- Tap water 0% 0%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 0%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 0%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 100%
- Use banking services 0% 0%
- Television 0% 0%
- Mobile phone 0% 6%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 0% 0%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 0%
- None of these assets 100% 92%
- Own their home 92% 100%

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

## What is the population of Sobu?

■ Sobu · ■ Parsi-Parlo rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 35.9% 37.1%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 844 990
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 727 967
- Working population 48.2% 38.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 44.1% for men and 26.7% for women. 42% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 12 (30%) · ■ Farm labourers 11 (28%) · ■ Other work 5 (12%) · ■ Marginal 12 (30%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Parsi-Parlo
- Yaluha 88 people
- Bigo 86 people
- Lamnia 86 people
- Passik 83 people
- Kongkup-Pykap 77 people
- Barbia 74 people
- Taba 73 people
- Bampung Hema 72 people

All 65 villages in Parsi-Parlo

## Quick answers
- How far is Sobu from Koloriang? 53 km by road
- What is the population of Sobu? 83 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sobu in? Kurung Kumey district (Parsi-Parlo sub-district), Arunachal Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Sobu? 35.9% (Census 2011)

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