Village · Mengio, Papum Pare
# Tanio Pai

Tanio Pai is a village in Mengio sub-district of Papum Pare district, Arunachal Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 127 people in 23 households, the 20th largest of 43 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 60.9%.
- 127 people (2011)
- 23 households
- 72.3% literacy
- 1,048 females per 1,000 males

## Tanio Pai PIN code and other codes

Tanio Pai falls in Mengio sub-district, Papum Pare district, Arunachal Pradesh.
- Community development block Mengio
- Census village code 262708

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

## How far is Tanio Pai from nearby towns?
- Sakiang (sub-district HQ) 9 km by road
- Yupia (district HQ) 157 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Tanio Pai?

2 services counted by the Census are inside Tanio Pai; 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 · Tagik
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Ziro
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Ziro
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Yupia
- ○ Primary health centre 5–10 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 5–10 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 5–10 km
- ○ Public library 5–10 km

### Water and power
- Drinking water canal / river

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

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Tanio Pai known for?

The main crops are paddy, maize and millet.

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

## Homes and amenities in Tanio Pai

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

■ Tanio Pai · ■ Mengio rural average
- Electricity for lighting 0% 25%
- Toilet within the home 0% 23%
- No toilet (open defecation) 100% 75%
- Tap water 0% 78%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 27%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 97%
- Use banking services 0% 33%
- Television 0% 10%
- Mobile phone 0% 34%
- Computer with internet 0% 2%
- Two-wheeler 0% 9%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 4%
- None of these assets 100% 44%
- Own their home 100% 98%

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

## What is the population of Tanio Pai?

■ Tanio Pai · ■ Mengio rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 72.3% 60.9%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1048 1091
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 500 1089
- Working population 29.9% 52.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.1% for men and 71.7% for women. 37% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 22 (58%) · ■ Other work 7 (18%) · ■ Marginal 9 (24%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Mengio
- Sotung 144 people
- Sarchgai 138 people
- Nyopang - II 131 people
- Kidding 129 people
- Pami 120 people
- Tagik 120 people
- Nyopang 119 people
- Kamrung 118 people

All 43 villages in Mengio

## Quick answers
- How far is Tanio Pai from Yupia? 157 km by road
- What is the population of Tanio Pai? 127 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tanio Pai in? Papum Pare district (Mengio sub-district), Arunachal Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Tanio Pai? 72.3% (Census 2011)

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