Village · Raga, Lower Subansiri
# Gumtu

Gumtu is a village in Raga sub-district of Lower Subansiri district, Arunachal Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 68 people in 11 households, the 24th largest of 39 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.0%.
- 68 people (2011)
- 11 households
- 65.0% literacy
- 1,194 females per 1,000 males

## Gumtu PIN code and other codes

Gumtu falls in Raga sub-district, Lower Subansiri district, Arunachal Pradesh.
- Community development block Tamen-Raga
- Census village code 265167

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

## How far is Gumtu from nearby towns?
- Raga (sub-district HQ) 20 km by road
- Ziro (district HQ) 94 km by road
- Ziro (nearest town) 94 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Gumtu?

4 services counted by the Census are inside Gumtu; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Public bus service In village
- ● Private bus service In village
- ● State highway In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Primary school 5–10 km · Kemliko
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Raga
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Ziro
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Tabarijo
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop 5–10 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 5–10 km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water canal / river
- Electricity (2011) 5 h summer · 5 h winter

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

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Gumtu known for?

The main crops are maize, paddy and millet. Products made here include basket.

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

## Homes and amenities in Gumtu

Of every 100 households in Gumtu in 2011, 100 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Gumtu · ■ Raga rural average
- Electricity for lighting 100% 65%
- Toilet within the home 0% 55%
- No toilet (open defecation) 100% 45%
- Tap water 100% 82%
- Drinking water within premises 100% 41%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 16%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 84%
- Use banking services 21% 50%
- Television 0% 35%
- Mobile phone 36% 52%
- Computer with internet 0% 2%
- Two-wheeler 0% 8%
- Car / jeep / van 7% 8%
- None of these assets 64% 35%
- Own their home 100% 86%

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

## What is the population of Gumtu?

■ Gumtu · ■ Raga rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 65.0% 62.0%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1194 1031
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 3000 1058
- Working population 51.5% 32.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.3% for men and 51.6% for women. 45% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 29 (83%) · ■ Farm labourers 1 (3%) · ■ Household industry 1 (3%) · ■ Other work 3 (9%) · ■ Marginal 1 (3%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Raga
- Old Mega 73 people
- Taya-Simla 72 people
- Tepko 71 people
- Pet-Milli 69 people
- Moinpu 59 people
- Kemyir 55 people
- Haj-milli 53 people
- Pega 53 people

All 45 villages in Raga

## Quick answers
- How far is Gumtu from Ziro? 94 km by road
- What is the population of Gumtu? 68 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gumtu in? Lower Subansiri district (Raga sub-district), Arunachal Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gumtu? 65.0% (Census 2011)

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