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Paja Population - Upper Subansiri, Arunachal Pradesh

Paja is a small village located in Gite-Ripa Circle of Upper Subansiri district, Arunachal Pradesh with total 21 families residing. The Paja village has population of 123 of which 51 are males while 72 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Paja village population of children with age 0-6 is 17 which makes up 13.82 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Paja village is 1412 which is higher than Arunachal Pradesh state average of 938. Child Sex Ratio for the Paja as per census is 1833, higher than Arunachal Pradesh average of 972.

Paja village has lower literacy rate compared to Arunachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Paja village was 52.83 % compared to 65.38 % of Arunachal Pradesh. In Paja Male literacy stands at 64.44 % while female literacy rate was 44.26 %.

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

Paja Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 21 - -
Population 123 51 72
Child (0-6) 17 6 11
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 117 48 69
Literacy 52.83 % 64.44 % 44.26 %
Total Workers 30 23 7
Main Worker 15 - -
Marginal Worker 15 11 4

Caste Factor

In Paja village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 95.12 % of total population in Paja village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Paja village of Upper Subansiri.

Work Profile

In Paja village out of total population, 30 were engaged in work activities. 50.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 30 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.