Poyom Population - West Siang, Arunachal Pradesh

Poyom is a small village located in Darak Circle of West Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh with total 20 families residing. The Poyom village has population of 166 of which 88 are males while 78 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Poyom village population of children with age 0-6 is 17 which makes up 10.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Poyom village is 886 which is lower than Arunachal Pradesh state average of 938. Child Sex Ratio for the Poyom as per census is 545, lower than Arunachal Pradesh average of 972.

Poyom village has lower literacy rate compared to Arunachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Poyom village was 61.74 % compared to 65.38 % of Arunachal Pradesh. In Poyom Male literacy stands at 66.23 % while female literacy rate was 56.94 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Poyom 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 Poyom village.

Poyom Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	20	-	-
Population	166	88	78
Child (0-6)	17	11	6
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	164	86	78
Literacy	61.74 %	66.23 %	56.94 %
Total Workers	63	35	28
Main Worker	61	-	-
Marginal Worker	2	0	2

Caste Factor

In Poyom village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.80 % of total population in Poyom village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Poyom village of West Siang.

Work Profile

In Poyom village out of total population, 63 were engaged in work activities. 96.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 63 workers engaged in Main Work, 33 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.