Village · Chongkham, Lohit # Empong Empong is a village in Chongkham sub-district of Lohit district, Arunachal Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 271 people in 61 households, the 24th largest of 43 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 63.0%. - 271 people (2011) - 61 households - 62.2% literacy - 978 females per 1,000 males ## Empong PIN code and other codes Empong falls in Chongkham sub-district, Lohit district, Arunachal Pradesh. - Community development block Chongkham - Census village code 266503 Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. ## What facilities are there in Empong? 11 services counted by the Census are inside Empong; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ● Health sub-centre In village · 1 · 1 doctors - ● Mobile phone coverage In village - ● Ration (PDS) shop In village - ● Mandi / regular market In village - ● Weekly haat In village - ● Anganwadi centre In village - ● ASHA health worker In village - ● Community centre In village - ● Sports field In village - ● Public library In village - ● Polling station In village ### Nearest outside - ○ Primary health centre 10+ km - ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km - ○ Dispensary 10+ km - ○ Post office 10+ km ### Water and power - Drinking water hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed. ## Homes and amenities in Empong Of every 100 households in Empong in 2011, 82 had electricity, 57 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car. ■ Empong · ■ Chongkham rural average - Electricity for lighting 82% 51% - Toilet within the home 57% 61% - No toilet (open defecation) 43% 32% - Tap water 0% 2% - Drinking water within premises 36% 50% - Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 14% - Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 86% - Use banking services 28% 30% - Television 25% 36% - Mobile phone 10% 38% - Computer with internet 0% 1% - Two-wheeler 12% 10% - Car / jeep / van 2% 4% - None of these assets 44% 26% - Own their home 98% 53% Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14). ## What is the population of Empong? ■ Empong · ■ Chongkham rural average - Literacy (age 7+) 62.2% 63.0% - Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 978 877 - Child sex ratio (0–6) 815 927 - Working population 60.9% 45.9% ### Women and men Literacy is 70.0% for men and 54.5% for women. 68% of men and 54% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ■ Cultivators 159 (96%) · ■ Other work 6 (4%) Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts. ## Other villages of similar size in Chongkham - Mankong Seng 497 people - Marua camp 322 people - Chowkham - I 304 people - Morapat 275 people - Namliang 260 people - Mimey 249 people - Namgo 209 people - Mankao 167 people All 44 villages in Chongkham ## Quick answers - What is the population of Empong? 271 (Census 2011) - Which district is Empong in? Lohit district (Chongkham sub-district), Arunachal Pradesh - What is the literacy rate of Empong? 62.2% (Census 2011) --- Canonical: https://wherepedia.org/india/arunachal-pradesh/lohit/chongkham/empong/ · Updated 2026-11-02 · Data: national censuses and statistics offices (sources named in each section); © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); Overture Maps; GeoNames; NASA POWER.