Village · Lhou, Tawang
# Rengyang

Rengyang is a village in Lhou sub-district of Tawang district, Arunachal Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 180 people in 24 households, the 8th largest of 25 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 41.3%.
- 180 people (2011)
- 24 households
- 56.6% literacy
- 364 females per 1,000 males

## Rengyang PIN code and other codes

Rengyang falls in Lhou sub-district, Tawang district, Arunachal Pradesh.
- Community development block Tawang
- Census village code 261570

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

## How far is Rengyang from nearby towns?
- Lhou (sub-district HQ) 1 km by road
- Tawang (district HQ) 21 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Rengyang?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Rengyang; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Public bus service In village
- ● Private bus service In village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Primary school under 5 km · Lhou
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Tawang
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Bomdila
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Dirang
- ○ Primary health centre under 5 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop under 5 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market under 5 km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water treated tap water
- Electricity (2011) 20 h summer · 18 h winter

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

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Rengyang known for?

The main crops are millet, wheat and maize. Products made here include shinka, khanjar and namlham.

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

## Homes and amenities in Rengyang

Of every 100 households in Rengyang in 2011, 100 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 76 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Rengyang · ■ Lhou rural average
- Electricity for lighting 100% 96%
- Toilet within the home 88% 92%
- No toilet (open defecation) 0% 4%
- Tap water 35% 64%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 22%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 76% 31%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 24% 68%
- Use banking services 24% 32%
- Television 47% 39%
- Mobile phone 18% 17%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 0% 0%
- Car / jeep / van 6% 5%
- None of these assets 41% 44%
- Own their home 76% 85%

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

## What is the population of Rengyang?

■ Rengyang · ■ Lhou rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 56.6% 41.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 364 546
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 667 924
- Working population 80.0% 69.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.9% for men and 50.0% for women. 88% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 11 (8%) · ■ Farm labourers 4 (3%) · ■ Other work 125 (87%) · ■ Marginal 4 (3%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Lhou
- Khamba 352 people
- Tsewkhar/DHPD colony 279 people
- Grelleng 258 people
- Surbu/Tseretse 193 people
- Lhoudung 176 people
- Yanla Gompa 124 people
- Lhoukhar 123 people
- Brakhar Gompa 104 people

All 25 villages in Lhou

## Quick answers
- How far is Rengyang from Tawang? 21 km by road
- What is the population of Rengyang? 180 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rengyang in? Tawang district (Lhou sub-district), Arunachal Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Rengyang? 56.6% (Census 2011)

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