Pongkong Population - Tirap, Arunachal Pradesh

Pongkong is a medium size village located in Laju Circle of Tirap district, Arunachal Pradesh with total 79 families residing. The Pongkong village has population of 370 of which 181 are males while 189 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pongkong village population of children with age 0-6 is 95 which makes up 25.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pongkong village is 1044 which is higher than Arunachal Pradesh state average of 938. Child Sex Ratio for the Pongkong as per census is 1021, higher than Arunachal Pradesh average of 972.

Pongkong village has lower literacy rate compared to Arunachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Pongkong village was 26.18 % compared to 65.38 % of Arunachal Pradesh. In Pongkong Male literacy stands at 39.55 % while female literacy rate was 13.48 %.

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

Pongkong Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	79	-	-
Population	370	181	189
Child (0-6)	95	47	48
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	366	180	186
Literacy	26.18 %	39.55 %	13.48 %
Total Workers	182	86	96
Main Worker	178	-	-
Marginal Worker	4	2	2

Caste Factor

In Pongkong village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.92 % of total population in Pongkong village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Pongkong village of Tirap.

Work Profile

In Pongkong village out of total population, 182 were engaged in work activities. 97.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 182 workers engaged in Main Work, 168 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.