District of Arunachal Pradesh

West Kameng: 83,947 people, one story

People
83,947
Area
7,422 km²
Literacy
67.07%
Sex ratio
819
Top 3 in Arunachal PradeshScheduled Castes: 0.0 % of people. Rank 2 of 16 districts.See the numbers →Top 3 in Arunachal PradeshArea: 7,422 km². Rank 3 of 16 districts.See the numbers →Big number83,947 people lived here in 2011, packed 11 to every km².See the numbers →

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West KamengArunachal Pradesh

The history, places and schemes of West Kameng are being written. Everything below comes from Census 2011, so it is already exam-ready.

West Kameng in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population83,947#8/16 in Arunachal Pradesh
Area7,422 km²#3/16 in Arunachal Pradesh
Population density11 per km²#13/16 in Arunachal Pradesh▼ state 17
Sex ratio819 females per 1000 males#14/16 in Arunachal Pradesh▼ state 938
Child sex ratio (0–6)973 girls per 1000 boys#8/16 in Arunachal Pradesh▲ state 972
Literacy rate67.07%#6/16 in Arunachal Pradesh▲ state 65.38
Female literacy59.05%#8/16 in Arunachal Pradesh▲ state 57.70
Urban population19.0%#9/16 in Arunachal Pradesh▼ state 22.9

People & society

67.1% can read. 819 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
73.472.6
Female literacy
59.157.7
Scheduled Castes
0.00.0
Scheduled Tribes
55.268.8
Living in towns
19.022.9

Gender literacy gap: 14.4 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 37.2%
  • Muslim 2.3%
  • Christian 10.1%
  • Sikh 0.4%
  • Buddhist 43.0%
  • Other / not stated 6.9%

    Sectors at a glance

    38 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    42,493 workers, 50.6% of all people

    This district
    Arunachal Pradesh
    • Cultivators 34.1%
    • Farm labourers 4.0%
    • Household industry 1.9%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 60.0%

      Schemes & development

      Only 59% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      58.645.7
      Latrine at home
      34.143.1
      Tap water
      58.245.6
      LPG / PNG
      29.520.3
      Phone
      32.833.6
      Television
      35.728.6
      Bicycle
      1.413.6
      Two-wheeler
      4.39.8

      This is the 2011 baseline. Schemes like Saubhagya, Ujjwala, Swachh Bharat and Har Ghar Jal came to close exactly these gaps.

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