Pekong Population - Upper Siang, Arunachal Pradesh

Pekong is a medium size village located in Tuting Circle of Upper Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh with total 91 families residing. The Pekong village has population of 616 of which 330 are males while 286 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pekong village population of children with age 0-6 is 93 which makes up 15.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pekong village is 867 which is lower than Arunachal Pradesh state average of 938. Child Sex Ratio for the Pekong as per census is 661, lower than Arunachal Pradesh average of 972.

Pekong village has higher literacy rate compared to Arunachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Pekong village was 65.97 % compared to 65.38 % of Arunachal Pradesh. In Pekong Male literacy stands at 75.18 % while female literacy rate was 55.82 %.

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

Pekong Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	91	-	-
Population	616	330	286
Child (0-6)	93	56	37
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	544	291	253
Literacy	65.97 %	75.18 %	55.82 %
Total Workers	269	127	142
Main Worker	176	-	-
Marginal Worker	93	42	51

Caste Factor

In Pekong village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 88.31 % of total population in Pekong village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Pekong village of Upper Siang.

Work Profile

In Pekong village out of total population, 269 were engaged in work activities. 65.43 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.57 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 269 workers engaged in Main Work, 88 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.