Village · Kangku, West Siang
# Pompek

Pompek is a village in Kangku sub-district of West Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 61 people in 15 households, the 14th largest of 24 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 27.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.8%.
- 61 people (2011)
- 15 households
- 27.8% literacy
- 694 females per 1,000 males

## Pompek PIN code and other codes

Pompek falls in Kangku sub-district, West Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh.
- Community development block Likabali
- Census village code 263741

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

## How far is Pompek from nearby towns?
- Kangku (sub-district HQ) 57 km by road
- Aalo (district HQ) 233 km by road
- Basar (nearest town) 183 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Pompek?

3 services counted by the Census are inside Pompek; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Mobile phone coverage In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Primary school under 5 km · Sogum Mimg
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Likabali
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Itanagar
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Dumporijo
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Public bus service under 5 km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop 10+ km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water tube wells / boreholes and canal / river

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

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Pompek known for?

The main crops are paddy, maize and millet. Products made here include galle, galuk and woolen shawl.

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

## Homes and amenities in Pompek

Of every 100 households in Pompek in 2011, 0 had electricity, 33 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 7 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pompek · ■ Kangku rural average
- Electricity for lighting 0% 0%
- Toilet within the home 33% 18%
- No toilet (open defecation) 67% 82%
- Tap water 0% 29%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 15%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 98%
- Use banking services 7% 41%
- Television 7% 28%
- Mobile phone 7% 65%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 0% 26%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 3%
- None of these assets 40% 14%
- Own their home 100% 97%

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

## What is the population of Pompek?

■ Pompek · ■ Kangku rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 27.8% 64.8%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 694 1033
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 400 986
- Working population 59.0% 53.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 35.5% for men and 17.4% for women. 56% of men and 64% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 35 (97%) · ■ Other work 1 (3%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Kangku
- Germe 110 people
- Siloni 93 people
- Champak - chojo 66 people
- Nijir - Koche 61 people
- Sogum 61 people
- New Mingmang Village 60 people
- Laipulia 59 people
- New Ngopi 58 people

All 26 villages in Kangku

## Quick answers
- How far is Pompek from Aalo? 233 km by road
- What is the population of Pompek? 61 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pompek in? West Siang district (Kangku sub-district), Arunachal Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Pompek? 27.8% (Census 2011)

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