Village · Naharlagun, Papum Pare # Sood Sood is a village in Naharlagun sub-district of Papum Pare district, Arunachal Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 285 people in 52 households, the 8th largest of 32 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.6%. - 285 people (2011) - 52 households - 72.9% literacy - 1,127 females per 1,000 males ## Sood PIN code and other codes Sood falls in Naharlagun sub-district, Papum Pare district, Arunachal Pradesh. - Community development block Doimukh - Census village code 262458 Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. ## How far is Sood from nearby towns? - Naharlagun (sub-district HQ) 8 km by road - Yupia (district HQ) 12 km by road - Naharlagun (nearest town) 8 km by road Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory. ## What facilities are there in Sood? 6 services counted by the Census are inside Sood; the rest show the distance to the nearest one. ### In the village - ● Pre-primary school In village · 1 govt - ● Primary school In village · 1 govt - ● Health sub-centre In village · 1 · 1 doctors - ● Mobile phone coverage In village - ● National highway In village - ● ASHA health worker In village ### Nearest outside - ○ Senior secondary school 5–10 km · Naharlagun - ○ Degree college 10+ km · Itanagar - ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Yupia - ○ Primary health centre 5–10 km - ○ Allopathic hospital 5–10 km - ○ Dispensary 5–10 km - ○ Post office 5–10 km - ○ Public bus service 5–10 km - ○ Railway station 10+ km - ○ ATM 5–10 km - ○ Commercial bank 5–10 km - ○ Ration (PDS) shop 5–10 km - ○ Mandi / regular market 5–10 km - ○ Public library 5–10 km ### Water and power - 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. ## Homes and amenities in Sood Of every 100 households in Sood in 2011, 81 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 24 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 23 a two-wheeler and 23 a car. ■ Sood · ■ Naharlagun rural average - Electricity for lighting 81% 94% - Toilet within the home 94% 81% - No toilet (open defecation) 6% 15% - Tap water 68% 75% - Drinking water within premises 30% 48% - Cooking with LPG / PNG 24% 76% - Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 76% 22% - Use banking services 66% 88% - Television 57% 75% - Mobile phone 60% 83% - Computer with internet 2% 12% - Two-wheeler 23% 34% - Car / jeep / van 23% 28% - None of these assets 8% 6% - Own their home 62% 55% Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14). ## What is the population of Sood? ■ Sood · ■ Naharlagun rural average - Literacy (age 7+) 72.9% 80.6% - Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1127 993 - Child sex ratio (0–6) 1065 981 - Working population 43.5% 34.1% ### Women and men Literacy is 83.5% for men and 63.6% for women. 50% of men and 38% of women work. ### Who works, and at what ■ Cultivators 28 (23%) · ■ Farm labourers 23 (19%) · ■ Household industry 1 (1%) · ■ Other work 44 (35%) · ■ Marginal 28 (23%) Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts. ## Other villages of similar size in Naharlagun - Lekhi Village 627 people - Papu - I 423 people - Nirjuli Village 339 people - Papu - II 322 people - Bichun Yogin 258 people - Borum 235 people - Nyorch 210 people - Hochung 194 people All 35 villages in Naharlagun ## Quick answers - How far is Sood from Yupia? 12 km by road - What is the population of Sood? 285 (Census 2011) - Which district is Sood in? Papum Pare district (Naharlagun sub-district), Arunachal Pradesh - What is the literacy rate of Sood? 72.9% (Census 2011) --- Canonical: https://wherepedia.org/india/arunachal-pradesh/papum-pare/naharlagun/sood/ · Updated 2026-11-02 · Data: national censuses and statistics offices (sources named in each section); © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); Overture Maps; GeoNames; NASA POWER.