Village · Dirang, West Kameng
# Chaksem Village

Chaksem Village is a village in Dirang sub-district of West Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 40 people in 9 households, the 55th largest of 81 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 20.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 51.4%.
- 40 people (2011)
- 9 households
- 20.0% literacy
- 1,222 females per 1,000 males

## Chaksem Village PIN code and other codes

Chaksem Village falls in Dirang sub-district, West Kameng district, Arunachal Pradesh.
- Community development block Dirang
- Census village code 261626

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

## How far is Chaksem Village from nearby towns?
- Dirang (sub-district HQ) 13 km by road
- Bomdila (district HQ) 43 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Chaksem Village?

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

### In the village
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Primary school 10+ km · Merakmu
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Dirang Hq
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Bomdila
- ○ ITI / vocational school 5–10 km · Dirang
- ○ 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 5–10 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water untreated tap water
- Electricity (2011) 18 h summer · 12 h winter

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

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Chaksem Village known for?

The main crops are maize, wheat and finger millet.

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

## Homes and amenities in Chaksem Village

Of every 100 households in Chaksem Village in 2011, 100 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.

■ Chaksem Village · ■ Dirang rural average
- Electricity for lighting 100% 91%
- Toilet within the home 0% 19%
- No toilet (open defecation) 100% 75%
- Tap water 100% 70%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 20%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 15%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 84%
- Use banking services 0% 31%
- Television 25% 37%
- Mobile phone 0% 24%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 0% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 4%
- None of these assets 67% 49%
- 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 Chaksem Village?

■ Chaksem Village · ■ Dirang rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 20.0% 51.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1222 884
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1500 1004
- Working population 65.0% 57.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 31.2% for men and 10.5% for women. 72% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 23 (88%) · ■ Other work 1 (4%) · ■ Marginal 2 (8%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Dirang
- Baisakhi 48 people
- Showda Village 48 people
- Bishum Village 46 people
- Laphiak Village 41 people
- Sanglan Village 39 people
- Abi-Nujamsa 36 people
- Khoitam 33 people
- Rangshing Village 31 people

All 88 villages in Dirang

## Quick answers
- How far is Chaksem Village from Bomdila? 43 km by road
- What is the population of Chaksem Village? 40 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chaksem Village in? West Kameng district (Dirang sub-district), Arunachal Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chaksem Village? 20.0% (Census 2011)

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