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Payum Population - West Siang, Arunachal Pradesh

Payum is a medium size village located in Payum Circle of West Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh with total 55 families residing. The Payum village has population of 259 of which 136 are males while 123 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Payum village population of children with age 0-6 is 51 which makes up 19.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Payum village is 904 which is lower than Arunachal Pradesh state average of 938. Child Sex Ratio for the Payum as per census is 1125, higher than Arunachal Pradesh average of 972.

Payum village has lower literacy rate compared to Arunachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Payum village was 55.77 % compared to 65.38 % of Arunachal Pradesh. In Payum Male literacy stands at 65.18 % while female literacy rate was 44.79 %.

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

Payum Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 55 - -
Population 259 136 123
Child (0-6) 51 24 27
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 259 136 123
Literacy 55.77 % 65.18 % 44.79 %
Total Workers 121 61 60
Main Worker 118 - -
Marginal Worker 3 2 1

Caste Factor

In Payum village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Payum village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Payum village of West Siang.

Work Profile

In Payum village out of total population, 121 were engaged in work activities. 97.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 121 workers engaged in Main Work, 112 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.