# Pokbir Village, Tuting, Upper Siang (Arunachal Pradesh)

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Village · Tuting, Upper Siang 

# Pokbir

Pokbir is a village in Tuting sub-district of Upper Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **219 people in 33 households**, the 5th largest of 13 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 44.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.7%.

- 219people (2011)
- 33households
- 44.8%literacy
- 856females per 1,000 males

## Pokbir PIN code and other codes

Pokbir falls in Tuting sub-district, Upper Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh.

- Community development blockTuting
- Census village code263929

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Pokbir from nearby towns?

- Tuting (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Yingkiong (district HQ)250 km by road
- Yingkiong (nearest town)250 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Pokbir?

4 services counted by the Census are inside Pokbir; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Tuting
- ○Degree college10+ km · Pasighat
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Tuting
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water
- Electricity (2011)1 h summer · 1 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Pokbir known for?

The main crops are **paddy, maize and millet**. 

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Pokbir

Of every 100 households in Pokbir in 2011, 91 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 88 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Pokbir · ■ Tuting rural average

Electricity for lighting ****91%**

**84%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**61%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**38%

Tap water ****100%**

**99%

Drinking water within premises ****85%**

**61%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**18%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**80%

Use banking services ****64%**

**51%

Television ****52%**

**62%

Mobile phone ****88%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

None of these assets ****9%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**84%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Pokbir?

■ Pokbir · ■ Tuting rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****44.8%**

**65.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****856**

**650

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****900**

**871

Working population ****70.3%**

**56.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 48.0% for men and 41.0% for women. 71% of men and 69% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 81 (53%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (3%) · **■** Other work 13 (8%) · **■** Marginal 56 (36%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Tuting

- Tuting H.Q.2,733 people
- Pekong616 people
- Ngaming472 people
- Ningging330 people
- Lali201 people
- Rishing165 people
- Kuging156 people
- Jido124 people

[All 20 villages in Tuting](https://wherepedia.org/india/arunachal-pradesh/upper-siang/tuting/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Pokbir from Yingkiong?250 km by road
- What is the population of Pokbir?219 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pokbir in?Upper Siang district (Tuting sub-district), Arunachal Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Pokbir?44.8% (Census 2011)