# Tajang Village, Old Ziro, Lower Subansiri (Arunachal Pradesh)

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Village · Old Ziro, Lower Subansiri 

# Tajang

Tajang is a village in Old Ziro sub-district of Lower Subansiri district, Arunachal Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **891 people in 136 households**, the 5th largest of 83 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.5%.

- 891people (2011)
- 136households
- 82.6%literacy
- 1,011females per 1,000 males

## Tajang PIN code and other codes

Tajang falls in Old Ziro sub-district, Lower Subansiri district, Arunachal Pradesh.

- Community development blockZiro-I
- Census village code264775

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

## How far is Tajang from nearby towns?

- Old Ziro (sub-district HQ)0 km by road
- Ziro (district HQ)8 km by road
- Ziro (nearest town)8 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 Tajang?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Tajang; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 2 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Hija
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Salaya
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Tabarijo
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water
- Electricity (2011)22 h summer · 9 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 Tajang known for?

The main crops are **paddy, maize and finger millet**. 

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

## Homes and amenities in Tajang

Of every 100 households in Tajang in 2011, 100 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 14 a car.

■ Tajang · ■ Old Ziro rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**85%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**92%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**6%

Tap water ****96%**

**81%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**44%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**14%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**85%

Use banking services ****84%**

**68%

Television ****37%**

**43%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**59%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**19%

Car / jeep / van ****14%**

**14%

None of these assets ****33%**

**27%

Own their home ****93%**

**86%

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 Tajang?

■ Tajang · ■ Old Ziro rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.6%**

**79.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1011**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**902

Working population ****42.0%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.7% for men and 77.7% for women. 46% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 116 (31%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 254 (68%) · **■** Marginal 1 (0%)

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 Old Ziro

- Nenchalya1,110 people
- Hija - I1,087 people
- Old Ziro - II1,047 people
- Hari - II894 people
- Reru - I872 people
- Old Ziro - III837 people
- Kalong792 people
- Reru - II663 people

[All 88 villages in Old Ziro](https://wherepedia.org/india/arunachal-pradesh/lower-subansiri/old-ziro/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Tajang from Ziro?8 km by road
- What is the population of Tajang?891 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tajang in?Lower Subansiri district (Old Ziro sub-district), Arunachal Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Tajang?82.6% (Census 2011)