Village · Tato, West Siang
# Gai

Gai is a village in Tato sub-district of West Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 16 people in 2 households, the 19th largest of 20 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 42.5%.
- 16 people (2011)
- 2 households
- 78.6% literacy
- 455 females per 1,000 males

## Gai PIN code and other codes

Gai falls in Tato sub-district, West Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh.
- Community development block Mechuka
- Census village code 263437

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

## How far is Gai from nearby towns?
- Tato (sub-district HQ) 30 km by road
- Aalo (district HQ) 100 km by road
- Aalo (nearest town) 100 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Gai?

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

### Nearest outside
- ○ Primary school 5–10 km · Paum
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Mechuka
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Kamki
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Daporijo
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 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 10+ km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

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

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Gai known for?

The main crops are paddy, maize and millet. Products made here include carpet making, weaving and wood carving.

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

## Homes and amenities in Gai

Of every 100 households in Gai in 2011, 0 had electricity, 67 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gai · ■ Tato rural average
- Electricity for lighting 0% 30%
- Toilet within the home 67% 59%
- No toilet (open defecation) 33% 37%
- Tap water 0% 59%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 21%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 0%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 99%
- Use banking services 67% 30%
- Television 0% 25%
- Mobile phone 0% 6%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 0% 2%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 2%
- None of these assets 100% 59%
- Own their home 100% 94%

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

## What is the population of Gai?

■ Gai · ■ Tato rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 78.6% 42.5%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 455 962
- Working population 50.0% 41.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 100.0% for men and 40.0% for women. 36% of men and 80% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Other work 7 (88%) · ■ Marginal 1 (12%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Tato
- Pene 45 people
- Pabuying 41 people
- Yapu 38 people
- Kamging 22 people
- Paum 8 people

All 22 villages in Tato

## Quick answers
- How far is Gai from Aalo? 100 km by road
- What is the population of Gai? 16 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gai in? West Siang district (Tato sub-district), Arunachal Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Gai? 78.6% (Census 2011)

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