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Turung Population - Lower Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh

Turung is a medium size village located in Roing Circle of Lower Dibang Valley district, Arunachal Pradesh with total 60 families residing. The Turung village has population of 299 of which 139 are males while 160 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Turung village population of children with age 0-6 is 55 which makes up 18.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Turung village is 1151 which is higher than Arunachal Pradesh state average of 938. Child Sex Ratio for the Turung as per census is 1500, higher than Arunachal Pradesh average of 972.

Turung village has lower literacy rate compared to Arunachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Turung village was 59.43 % compared to 65.38 % of Arunachal Pradesh. In Turung Male literacy stands at 68.38 % while female literacy rate was 51.18 %.

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

Turung Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 60 - -
Population 299 139 160
Child (0-6) 55 22 33
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 172 70 102
Literacy 59.43 % 68.38 % 51.18 %
Total Workers 169 84 85
Main Worker 137 - -
Marginal Worker 32 15 17

Caste Factor

In Turung village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 57.53 % of total population in Turung village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Turung village of Lower Dibang Valley.

Work Profile

In Turung village out of total population, 169 were engaged in work activities. 81.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 169 workers engaged in Main Work, 124 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.