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Forest Colony Population - Papumpare, Arunachal Pradesh

Forest Colony is a medium size village located in Banderdawa Circle of Papumpare district, Arunachal Pradesh with total 52 families residing. The Forest Colony village has population of 261 of which 127 are males while 134 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Forest Colony village population of children with age 0-6 is 30 which makes up 11.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Forest Colony village is 1055 which is higher than Arunachal Pradesh state average of 938. Child Sex Ratio for the Forest Colony as per census is 1500, higher than Arunachal Pradesh average of 972.

Forest Colony village has higher literacy rate compared to Arunachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Forest Colony village was 86.15 % compared to 65.38 % of Arunachal Pradesh. In Forest Colony Male literacy stands at 88.70 % while female literacy rate was 83.62 %.

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

Forest Colony Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 52 - -
Population 261 127 134
Child (0-6) 30 12 18
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 169 80 89
Literacy 86.15 % 88.70 % 83.62 %
Total Workers 97 56 41
Main Worker 77 - -
Marginal Worker 20 8 12

Caste Factor

In Forest Colony village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 64.75 % of total population in Forest Colony village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Forest Colony village of Papumpare.

Work Profile

In Forest Colony village out of total population, 97 were engaged in work activities. 79.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 97 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.