# Gench Village, Yachuli, Lower Subansiri (Arunachal Pradesh)

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Village · Yachuli, Lower Subansiri 

# Gench

Gench is a village in Yachuli sub-district of Lower Subansiri district, Arunachal Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **155 people in 22 households**, the 24th largest of 57 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 40.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.6%.

- 155people (2011)
- 22households
- 40.9%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Gench PIN code and other codes

Gench falls in Yachuli sub-district, Lower Subansiri district, Arunachal Pradesh.

- Community development blockZiro-Ii
- Census village code264859

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

## How far is Gench from nearby towns?

- Yachuli (sub-district HQ)74 km by road
- Ziro (district HQ)40 km by road
- Ziro (nearest town)40 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 Gench?

1 services counted by the Census are inside Gench; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Tajgi
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Ziro
- ○Degree college10+ km · Ziro
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Tabarijo
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercanal / river

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 Gench known for?

The main crops are **paddy, maize and millet**. Products made here include hand spun clothes and basket. About 13% of the 230 hectares of village land is sown, and 20 hectares are irrigated.

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

## Homes and amenities in Gench

Of every 100 households in Gench in 2011, 96 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gench · ■ Yachuli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**81%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**43%

Tap water ****100%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**42%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**18%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**81%

Use banking services ****0%**

**63%

Television ****0%**

**45%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**3%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**21%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**14%

None of these assets ****96%**

**28%

Own their home ****96%**

**87%

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 Gench?

■ Gench · ■ Yachuli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****40.9%**

**71.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****769**

**891

Working population ****12.9%**

**36.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 50.7% for men and 30.8% for women. 18% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 13 (65%) · **■** Household industry 1 (5%) · **■** Other work 1 (5%) · **■** Marginal 5 (25%)

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 Yachuli

- Tadarko177 people
- Phu-Joram172 people
- Loth167 people
- Migo-Jara158 people
- Menk155 people
- Upper - Tallo148 people
- Tamlit146 people
- Tanio142 people

[All 58 villages in Yachuli](https://wherepedia.org/india/arunachal-pradesh/lower-subansiri/yachuli/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Gench from Ziro?40 km by road
- What is the population of Gench?155 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gench in?Lower Subansiri district (Yachuli sub-district), Arunachal Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gench?40.9% (Census 2011)