Village · Pistana, Lower Subansiri
# Dora

Dora is a village in Pistana sub-district of Lower Subansiri district, Arunachal Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 36 people in 4 households, the 56th largest of 57 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.0%.
- 36 people (2011)
- 4 households
- 70.0% literacy
- 2,000 females per 1,000 males

## Dora PIN code and other codes

Dora falls in Pistana sub-district, Lower Subansiri district, Arunachal Pradesh.
- Community development block Ziro-Ii
- Census village code 265004

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

## How far is Dora from nearby towns?
- Yachuli (sub-district HQ) 70 km by road
- Ziro (district HQ) 90 km by road
- Ziro (nearest town) 90 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Dora?

3 services counted by the Census are inside Dora; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Primary school under 5 km · Pistana
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Yazali
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Yachuli
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Itanagar
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ 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 treated tap water and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011) 10 h summer · 11 h winter

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

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Dora known for?

The main crops are paddy, maize and cardamom.

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

## Homes and amenities in Dora

Of every 100 households in Dora in 2011, 100 had electricity, 75 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 100 had a mobile phone, 50 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dora · ■ Pistana rural average
- Electricity for lighting 100% 91%
- Toilet within the home 75% 57%
- No toilet (open defecation) 25% 43%
- Tap water 100% 87%
- Drinking water within premises 100% 65%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 3%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 97%
- Use banking services 25% 62%
- Television 0% 25%
- Mobile phone 100% 46%
- Computer with internet 0% 2%
- Two-wheeler 50% 25%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 12%
- None of these assets 0% 29%
- Own their home 100% 96%

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

## What is the population of Dora?

■ Dora · ■ Pistana rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 70.0% 68.0%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 2000 1026
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 5000 926
- Working population 36.1% 33.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.8% for men and 63.2% for women. 25% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Other work 2 (15%) · ■ Marginal 11 (85%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Pistana
- Bentam 53 people
- Yebin Lebir 46 people
- Yebin 38 people
- Beram 37 people
- Ruech Geka 34 people

All 57 villages in Pistana

## Quick answers
- How far is Dora from Ziro? 90 km by road
- What is the population of Dora? 36 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dora in? Lower Subansiri district (Pistana sub-district), Arunachal Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Dora? 70.0% (Census 2011)

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