# Kikum Village, Yangte, Kurung Kumey (Arunachal Pradesh)

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Village · Yangte, Kurung Kumey 

# Kikum

Kikum is a village in Yangte sub-district of Kurung Kumey district, Arunachal Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **144 people in 17 households**, the 20th largest of 39 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 60.9%.

- 144people (2011)
- 17households
- 62.5%literacy
- 1,028females per 1,000 males

## Kikum PIN code and other codes

Kikum falls in Yangte sub-district, Kurung Kumey district, Arunachal Pradesh.

- Community development blockSangram
- Census village code265249

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

## How far is Kikum from nearby towns?

- Pania (sub-district HQ)68 km by road
- Koloriang (district HQ)78 km by road
- Koloriang (nearest town)78 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 Kikum?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Kikum; 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

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Sanglum
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Palin
- ○Degree college10+ km · Yachuli
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ 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 Kikum

Of every 100 households in Kikum in 2011, 85 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kikum · ■ Yangte rural average

Electricity for lighting ****85%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**80%

Tap water ****100%**

**37%

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

**0%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**98%

Use banking services ****38%**

**27%

Television ****8%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**9%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****15%**

**50%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Kikum?

■ Kikum · ■ Yangte rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.5%**

**60.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1028**

**1005

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****846**

**995

Working population ****33.3%**

**37.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.0% for men and 47.1% for women. 37% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 21 (44%) · **■** Other work 14 (29%) · **■** Marginal 13 (27%)

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 Yangte

- Picha181 people
- Dado168 people
- Magney155 people
- Pijo147 people
- Mirr - I143 people
- Gyachi142 people
- Lenko136 people
- Arr Guha132 people

[All 39 villages in Yangte](https://wherepedia.org/india/arunachal-pradesh/kurung-kumey/yangte/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kikum from Koloriang?78 km by road
- What is the population of Kikum?144 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kikum in?Kurung Kumey district (Yangte sub-district), Arunachal Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kikum?62.5% (Census 2011)