Village · Pistana, Lower Subansiri
# Lai

Lai is a village in Pistana sub-district of Lower Subansiri district, Arunachal Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 104 people in 22 households, the 30th largest of 57 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.0%.
- 104 people (2011)
- 22 households
- 73.9% literacy
- 1,122 females per 1,000 males

## Lai PIN code and other codes

Lai falls in Pistana sub-district, Lower Subansiri district, Arunachal Pradesh.
- Community development block Ziro-Ii
- Census village code 264965

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

## How far is Lai from nearby towns?
- Yachuli (sub-district HQ) 20 km by road
- Ziro (district HQ) 80 km by road
- Ziro (nearest town) 80 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Lai?

2 services counted by the Census are inside Lai; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Primary school under 5 km · Sito
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Talo
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Yachuli
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Ziro
- ○ 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 untreated tap water and canal / river
- Electricity (2011) 8 h summer · 10 h winter

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

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Lai known for?

The main crops are paddy, maize and ginger. About 15% of the 20 hectares of village land is sown.

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

## Homes and amenities in Lai

Of every 100 households in Lai in 2011, 100 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Lai · ■ Pistana rural average
- Electricity for lighting 100% 91%
- Toilet within the home 0% 57%
- No toilet (open defecation) 100% 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 82% 62%
- Television 18% 25%
- Mobile phone 36% 46%
- Computer with internet 0% 2%
- Two-wheeler 18% 25%
- Car / jeep / van 4% 12%
- None of these assets 50% 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 Lai?

■ Lai · ■ Pistana rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 73.9% 68.0%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1122 1026
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 2000 926
- Working population 38.5% 33.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.4% for men and 63.8% for women. 37% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 1 (2%) · ■ Other work 13 (32%) · ■ Marginal 26 (65%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Pistana
- Dem - III 121 people
- Libia 117 people
- Yoglu 117 people
- Pinru 115 people
- Dapo Geka 100 people
- Neelam 99 people
- Oram Geko 99 people
- Mudo 98 people

All 57 villages in Pistana

## Quick answers
- How far is Lai from Ziro? 80 km by road
- What is the population of Lai? 104 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Lai in? Lower Subansiri district (Pistana sub-district), Arunachal Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Lai? 73.9% (Census 2011)

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