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Tekang Population - East Siang, Arunachal Pradesh

Tekang is a medium size village located in Pasighat Circle of East Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh with total 104 families residing. The Tekang village has population of 674 of which 341 are males while 333 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Tekang village population of children with age 0-6 is 98 which makes up 14.54 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Tekang village is 977 which is higher than Arunachal Pradesh state average of 938. Child Sex Ratio for the Tekang as per census is 1178, higher than Arunachal Pradesh average of 972.

Tekang village has higher literacy rate compared to Arunachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Tekang village was 71.35 % compared to 65.38 % of Arunachal Pradesh. In Tekang Male literacy stands at 80.41 % while female literacy rate was 61.79 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Tekang village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Tekang village.

Tekang Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 104 - -
Population 674 341 333
Child (0-6) 98 45 53
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 497 247 250
Literacy 71.35 % 80.41 % 61.79 %
Total Workers 281 140 141
Main Worker 260 - -
Marginal Worker 21 8 13

Caste Factor

In Tekang village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 73.74 % of total population in Tekang village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Tekang village of East Siang.

Work Profile

In Tekang village out of total population, 281 were engaged in work activities. 92.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 281 workers engaged in Main Work, 168 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 43 were Agricultural labourer.