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Meteka Population - Papumpare, Arunachal Pradesh

Meteka is a medium size village located in Taraso Circle of Papumpare district, Arunachal Pradesh with total 40 families residing. The Meteka village has population of 225 of which 114 are males while 111 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Meteka village population of children with age 0-6 is 20 which makes up 8.89 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Meteka village is 974 which is higher than Arunachal Pradesh state average of 938. Child Sex Ratio for the Meteka as per census is 818, lower than Arunachal Pradesh average of 972.

Meteka village has higher literacy rate compared to Arunachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Meteka village was 79.02 % compared to 65.38 % of Arunachal Pradesh. In Meteka Male literacy stands at 87.38 % while female literacy rate was 70.59 %.

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

Meteka Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 40 - -
Population 225 114 111
Child (0-6) 20 11 9
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 216 110 106
Literacy 79.02 % 87.38 % 70.59 %
Total Workers 149 72 77
Main Worker 89 - -
Marginal Worker 60 27 33

Caste Factor

In Meteka village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 96.00 % of total population in Meteka village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Meteka village of Papumpare.

Work Profile

In Meteka village out of total population, 149 were engaged in work activities. 59.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 149 workers engaged in Main Work, 64 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.