Village · Banderdawa, Papum Pare
# Tapik Colony

Tapik Colony is a village in Banderdawa sub-district of Papum Pare district, Arunachal Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 233 people in 44 households, the 13th largest of 50 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 82.2%.
- 233 people (2011)
- 44 households
- 64.4% literacy
- 1,099 females per 1,000 males

## Tapik Colony PIN code and other codes

Tapik Colony falls in Banderdawa sub-district, Papum Pare district, Arunachal Pradesh.
- Community development block Doimukh
- Census village code 262348

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

## How far is Tapik Colony from nearby towns?
- Banderdewa (sub-district HQ) 5 km by road
- Yupia (district HQ) 36 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Tapik Colony?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Tapik Colony; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Primary school under 5 km · Dobum
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Naharlagun
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Itanagar
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Yupia
- ○ Primary health centre under 5 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary under 5 km
- ○ Post office 5–10 km
- ○ Public bus service 5–10 km
- ○ Railway station 5–10 km
- ○ ATM 5–10 km
- ○ Commercial bank 5–10 km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop under 5 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 5–10 km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water untreated tap water
- Electricity (2011) 24 h summer · 24 h winter

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

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Tapik Colony known for?

The main crops are paddy and maize.

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

## Homes and amenities in Tapik Colony

Of every 100 households in Tapik Colony in 2011, 100 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 23 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 28 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Tapik Colony · ■ Banderdawa rural average
- Electricity for lighting 100% 86%
- Toilet within the home 14% 65%
- No toilet (open defecation) 81% 31%
- Tap water 0% 47%
- Drinking water within premises 2% 39%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 23% 49%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 77% 49%
- Use banking services 46% 64%
- Television 40% 60%
- Mobile phone 49% 73%
- Computer with internet 0% 3%
- Two-wheeler 28% 22%
- Car / jeep / van 5% 9%
- None of these assets 33% 15%
- Own their home 93% 61%

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

## What is the population of Tapik Colony?

■ Tapik Colony · ■ Banderdawa rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 64.4% 82.2%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1099 949
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1185 946
- Working population 27.5% 30.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.9% for men and 61.1% for women. 39% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 7 (11%) · ■ Other work 23 (36%) · ■ Marginal 34 (53%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Banderdawa
- Banderdewa Market Line 260 people
- Lower Dobum 258 people
- Banderdewa Nyokom 241 people
- Kharsingasa Village 235 people
- Chessa I 200 people
- Dolicoto 194 people
- Banderdewa Dapo 184 people
- Achi Hapa 183 people

All 52 villages in Banderdawa

## Quick answers
- How far is Tapik Colony from Yupia? 36 km by road
- What is the population of Tapik Colony? 233 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tapik Colony in? Papum Pare district (Banderdawa sub-district), Arunachal Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Tapik Colony? 64.4% (Census 2011)

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