# Old Mohong Village, Lekang, Lohit (Arunachal Pradesh)

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Village · Lekang, Lohit 

# Old Mohong

Old Mohong is a village in Lekang sub-district of Lohit district, Arunachal Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **677 people in 131 households**, the 14th largest of 54 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.4%.

- 677people (2011)
- 131households
- 60.5%literacy
- 945females per 1,000 males

## Old Mohong PIN code and other codes

Old Mohong falls in Lekang sub-district, Lohit district, Arunachal Pradesh.

- Community development blockLekang
- Census village code266651

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

## How far is Old Mohong from nearby towns?

- Lekang (sub-district HQ)22 km by road
- Tezu (district HQ)172 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 Old Mohong?

14 services counted by the Census are inside Old Mohong; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Digboi
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Tinsukia
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop10+ km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)20 h summer · 10 h winter

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.

## What is Old Mohong known for?

The main crops are **paddy, mustard and potato**. 

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

## Homes and amenities in Old Mohong

Of every 100 households in Old Mohong in 2011, 25 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 3 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Old Mohong · ■ Lekang rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**47%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**53%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**47%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**70%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**90%

Use banking services ****7%**

**27%

Television ****16%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****3%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**8%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****62%**

**26%

Own their home ****95%**

**91%

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 Old Mohong?

■ Old Mohong · ■ Lekang rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.5%**

**72.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****945**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1036**

**1003

Working population ****30.1%**

**43.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.6% for men and 51.8% for women. 43% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 2 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 17 (8%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 43 (21%) · **■** Marginal 140 (69%)

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 Lekang

- Silatoo727 people
- Eraloni705 people
- Lower Silatoo Miri699 people
- Sanga Pathar679 people
- Kumari Kachari675 people
- Singi Beel658 people
- Mahadevpur- II622 people
- Rangali Beel622 people

[All 54 villages in Lekang](https://wherepedia.org/india/arunachal-pradesh/lohit/lekang/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Old Mohong from Tezu?172 km by road
- What is the population of Old Mohong?677 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Old Mohong in?Lohit district (Lekang sub-district), Arunachal Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Old Mohong?60.5% (Census 2011)