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Dechengtung West Population - West Siang, Arunachal Pradesh

Dechengtung West is a medium size village located in Mechuka Circle of West Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh with total 36 families residing. The Dechengtung West village has population of 234 of which 119 are males while 115 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Dechengtung West village population of children with age 0-6 is 40 which makes up 17.09 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Dechengtung West village is 966 which is higher than Arunachal Pradesh state average of 938. Child Sex Ratio for the Dechengtung West as per census is 667, lower than Arunachal Pradesh average of 972.

Dechengtung West village has lower literacy rate compared to Arunachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Dechengtung West village was 48.97 % compared to 65.38 % of Arunachal Pradesh. In Dechengtung West Male literacy stands at 52.63 % while female literacy rate was 45.45 %.

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

Dechengtung West Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 36 - -
Population 234 119 115
Child (0-6) 40 24 16
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 232 117 115
Literacy 48.97 % 52.63 % 45.45 %
Total Workers 97 53 44
Main Worker 67 - -
Marginal Worker 30 11 19

Caste Factor

In Dechengtung West village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.15 % of total population in Dechengtung West village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Dechengtung West village of West Siang.

Work Profile

In Dechengtung West village out of total population, 97 were engaged in work activities. 69.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 97 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.