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Rikung Population - Upper Subansiri, Arunachal Pradesh

Rikung is a small village located in Chetam (Peer Yapu) Circle of Upper Subansiri district, Arunachal Pradesh with total 30 families residing. The Rikung village has population of 148 of which 85 are males while 63 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Rikung village population of children with age 0-6 is 26 which makes up 17.57 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Rikung village is 741 which is lower than Arunachal Pradesh state average of 938. Child Sex Ratio for the Rikung as per census is 529, lower than Arunachal Pradesh average of 972.

Rikung village has lower literacy rate compared to Arunachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Rikung village was 34.43 % compared to 65.38 % of Arunachal Pradesh. In Rikung Male literacy stands at 41.18 % while female literacy rate was 25.93 %.

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

Rikung Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 30 - -
Population 148 85 63
Child (0-6) 26 17 9
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 148 85 63
Literacy 34.43 % 41.18 % 25.93 %
Total Workers 105 61 44
Main Worker 87 - -
Marginal Worker 18 15 3

Caste Factor

In Rikung village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Rikung village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Rikung village of Upper Subansiri.

Work Profile

In Rikung village out of total population, 105 were engaged in work activities. 82.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 105 workers engaged in Main Work, 83 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.