Village · Sangdupota, Papum Pare
# Palap

Palap is a village in Sangdupota sub-district of Papum Pare district, Arunachal Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 40 people in 5 households, the 39th largest of 45 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 67.2%.
- 40 people (2011)
- 5 households
- 52.8% literacy
- 429 females per 1,000 males

## Palap PIN code and other codes

Palap falls in Sangdupota sub-district, Papum Pare district, Arunachal Pradesh.
- Community development block Balijan
- Census village code 262397

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

## How far is Palap from nearby towns?
- Sangdupota (sub-district HQ) 32 km by road
- Yupia (district HQ) 83 km by road
- Itanagar (nearest town) 63 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Palap?

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

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Itanagar
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Itanagar
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Yupia
- ○ Primary health centre 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 10+ km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 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 Palap known for?

The main crops are paddy, maize and millet.

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

## Homes and amenities in Palap

Of every 100 households in Palap 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.

■ Palap · ■ Sangdupota rural average
- Electricity for lighting 0% 92%
- Toilet within the home 0% 30%
- No toilet (open defecation) 100% 67%
- Tap water 100% 95%
- Drinking water within premises 100% 77%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 5%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 95%
- Use banking services 0% 78%
- Television 0% 42%
- Mobile phone 0% 62%
- Computer with internet 0% 2%
- Two-wheeler 0% 34%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 11%
- None of these assets 100% 18%
- Own their home 100% 91%

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

## What is the population of Palap?

■ Palap · ■ Sangdupota rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 52.8% 67.2%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 429 1045
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 333 985
- Working population 40.0% 35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.0% for men and 27.3% for women. 32% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 10 (62%) · ■ Marginal 6 (38%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Sangdupota
- Poma RWD Staff Colony 48 people
- Nyoing 42 people
- Yadang - II 42 people
- Jumi 41 people
- Dulane - II 36 people
- Ligamtung 30 people
- New Kanebung 29 people
- Basar Nalo 26 people

All 48 villages in Sangdupota

## Quick answers
- How far is Palap from Yupia? 83 km by road
- What is the population of Palap? 40 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Palap in? Papum Pare district (Sangdupota sub-district), Arunachal Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Palap? 52.8% (Census 2011)

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