Village · Pistana, Lower Subansiri
# Tako

Tako is a village in Pistana sub-district of Lower Subansiri district, Arunachal Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 78 people in 16 households, the 43rd largest of 57 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.0%.
- 78 people (2011)
- 16 households
- 82.9% literacy
- 1,053 females per 1,000 males

## Tako PIN code and other codes

Tako falls in Pistana sub-district, Lower Subansiri district, Arunachal Pradesh.
- Community development block Ziro-Ii
- Census village code 265001

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

## How far is Tako from nearby towns?
- Yachuli (sub-district HQ) 69 km by road
- Ziro (district HQ) 89 km by road
- Ziro (nearest town) 89 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Tako?

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

### In the village
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Primary school under 5 km · Bentam
- ○ 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 untreated tap water
- Electricity (2011) 19 h summer · 14 h winter

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

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Tako known for?

The main crops are paddy, maize and vegetable. About 18% of the 173 hectares of village land is sown.

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

## Homes and amenities in Tako

Of every 100 households in Tako in 2011, 100 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 31 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Tako · ■ Pistana rural average
- Electricity for lighting 100% 91%
- Toilet within the home 100% 57%
- No toilet (open defecation) 0% 43%
- Tap water 100% 87%
- Drinking water within premises 38% 65%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 3%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 97%
- Use banking services 38% 62%
- Television 0% 25%
- Mobile phone 31% 46%
- Computer with internet 0% 2%
- Two-wheeler 31% 25%
- Car / jeep / van 6% 12%
- None of these assets 56% 29%
- Own their home 81% 96%

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

## What is the population of Tako?

■ Tako · ■ Pistana rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 82.9% 68.0%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1053 1026
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1000 926
- Working population 35.9% 33.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.1% for men and 72.2% for women. 34% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 13 (46%) · ■ Other work 9 (32%) · ■ Marginal 6 (21%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Pistana
- Bikh 95 people
- Hitu 91 people
- Miya 91 people
- Murta 89 people
- Takha 77 people
- Korli 72 people
- Sarak 70 people
- Kulu Tago 66 people

All 57 villages in Pistana

## Quick answers
- How far is Tako from Ziro? 89 km by road
- What is the population of Tako? 78 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tako in? Lower Subansiri district (Pistana sub-district), Arunachal Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Tako? 82.9% (Census 2011)

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