Karko

Jengging block · Upper Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh · PIN 791002 · village code 263993

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 244 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 709 — more than 2.5 times higher, which no village grows in nine years. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

244

Male / female

128 / 116

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

906

Children aged 0–6

Literacy rate

38.9%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

0 / 242

Working population

194

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

89.2%

Households

Village facilities, 2020

This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was surveyed once by each. The figures below are from Karko Lower panchayat's return.

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school nearest 10 km away

Piped tap water

50 to 100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport nearest 10 km away

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 10 km away

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

Common service centre

Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan

Farming

Farm households

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

100%

Main irrigation source

Other

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Karko Lower panchayat. These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.

Opening balance

₹62,935

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹0

Received directly

—

Spent

₹0

Unspent at year end

₹62,935

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹25,609 · received ₹0 · spent ₹0 · left ₹25,609

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹37,326 · received ₹0 · spent ₹0 · left ₹37,326

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

27.0991, 93.7110 — view on OpenStreetMap

Nearby villages

Jengging H.Q. compare · Jengging Vill. compare · Jeru compare · Jomoh-Kupak compare · Katan H.Q. compare · Kinekibo compare · Kolung compare · Komkar (Buksang) Upper compare

How this village compares

Biggest population changes in Upper Siang district · School staffing across Upper Siang · …and across Arunachal Pradesh