Village · Tawang Circle, Tawang
# Tengpuche Gonpa

Tengpuche Gonpa is a village in Tawang Circle sub-district of Tawang district, Arunachal Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 15 people in 4 households, the 54th largest of 63 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 30.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 59.6%.
- 15 people (2011)
- 4 households
- 30.8% literacy
- 875 females per 1,000 males

## Tengpuche Gonpa PIN code and other codes

Tengpuche Gonpa falls in Tawang Circle sub-district, Tawang district, Arunachal Pradesh.
- Community development block Tawang
- Census village code 261494

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

## How far is Tengpuche Gonpa from nearby towns?
- Tawang (sub-district HQ) 37 km by road
- Tawang (district HQ) 37 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Tengpuche Gonpa?

0 services counted by the Census are inside Tengpuche Gonpa; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### Nearest outside
- ○ Primary school under 5 km · Thongleng
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Tawang
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Bomdilla
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Dirang
- ○ 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 10+ km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water treated tap water
- Electricity (2011) 15 h summer · 14 h winter

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

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Tengpuche Gonpa known for?

The main crops are millet, maize and potato.

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

## Homes and amenities in Tengpuche Gonpa

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

■ Tengpuche Gonpa · ■ Tawang Circle rural average
- Electricity for lighting 100% 94%
- Toilet within the home 100% 86%
- No toilet (open defecation) 0% 14%
- Tap water 0% 78%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 43%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 55%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 42%
- Use banking services 100% 85%
- Television 0% 62%
- Mobile phone 0% 43%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 0% 2%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 10%
- None of these assets 50% 24%
- Own their home 100% 82%

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

## What is the population of Tengpuche Gonpa?

■ Tengpuche Gonpa · ■ Tawang Circle rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 30.8% 59.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 875 924
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1000 1004
- Working population 46.7% 48.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 42.9% for men and 16.7% for women. 38% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 6 (86%) · ■ Other work 1 (14%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Tawang Circle
- Kangteng 22 people
- Shepeadung 20 people
- Dumgree 17 people
- Gangkardung 16 people
- Blemleng 13 people
- Nodo 12 people
- Labour Camp 7 people
- Ngang Gongma Gonpa 7 people

All 77 villages in Tawang Circle

## Quick answers
- How far is Tengpuche Gonpa from Tawang? 37 km by road
- What is the population of Tengpuche Gonpa? 15 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Tengpuche Gonpa in? Tawang district (Tawang Circle sub-district), Arunachal Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Tengpuche Gonpa? 30.8% (Census 2011)

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