# Rete Potu Village, Basar, West Siang (Arunachal Pradesh)

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Village · Basar, West Siang 

# Rete Potu

Rete Potu is a village in Basar sub-district of West Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **83 people in 16 households**, the 22nd largest of 29 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.5%.

- 83people (2011)
- 16households
- 77.0%literacy
- 1,024females per 1,000 males

## Rete Potu PIN code and other codes

Rete Potu falls in Basar sub-district, West Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh.

- Community development blockBasar
- Census village code263654

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

## How far is Rete Potu from nearby towns?

- Basar (sub-district HQ)1 km by road
- Aalo (district HQ)57 km by road
- Basar (nearest town)1 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 Rete Potu?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Rete Potu; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Basar
- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Basar
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kamba
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Itanagar
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water
- Electricity (2011)24 h summer · 24 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 Rete Potu known for?

The main crops are **paddy, maize and millet**. Products made here include bolup, oshi and oshi. 

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

## Homes and amenities in Rete Potu

Of every 100 households in Rete Potu in 2011, 100 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 21 a two-wheeler and 14 a car.

■ Rete Potu · ■ Basar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**89%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**90%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**9%

Tap water ****100%**

**96%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**37%

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

**14%

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

**86%

Use banking services ****79%**

**65%

Television ****71%**

**55%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****21%**

**24%

Car / jeep / van ****14%**

**10%

None of these assets ****21%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**81%

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 Rete Potu?

■ Rete Potu · ■ Basar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.0%**

**67.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1024**

**1006

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****500**

**964

Working population ****26.5%**

**44.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.6% for men and 66.7% for women. 41% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 2 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (9%) · **■** Other work 16 (73%) · **■** Marginal 2 (9%)

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 Basar

- Regi235 people
- Lipu Namchi141 people
- Angu135 people
- Tare131 people
- Lipu Bam76 people
- Taba74 people
- Pajo71 people
- Ampir60 people

[All 30 villages in Basar](https://wherepedia.org/india/arunachal-pradesh/west-siang/basar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Rete Potu from Aalo?57 km by road
- What is the population of Rete Potu?83 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rete Potu in?West Siang district (Basar sub-district), Arunachal Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Rete Potu?77.0% (Census 2011)