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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Soi is a village in Basar Adc mandal, Leparada district, Arunachal Pradesh, with a population of 242 and 38 households. The village has a literacy rate of 64.9%.
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- LGD code
- 263668
- Pincode
- 791101
- Post office
- Basar (West Siang)
- Population
- 242
- Households
- 38
- Literacy rate
- 64.9%
- Sex ratio
- 1123 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 81
- Distance to district centre
- 1025 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 748 km
- Distance to Itanagar
- 1642 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 286 km
- Nearest railway station
- Shimla · 19 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Civil Hospital, Theog · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Soi compares
By population, Soi ranks #13 of 26 villages in Basar Adc mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.9%
+5.3% vs mandal average
- Soi
- 64.9%
- Basar Adc mandal
- 59.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,123
+111 vs mandal average
- Soi
- 1,123
- Basar Adc mandal
- 1,012
Household size
people per home
6.4
+1.0 vs mandal average
- Soi
- 6.4
- Basar Adc mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Soi at a glance
Soi is a village of 242 people in 38 households (Census 2011) in Basar Adc block, Leparada district, Arunachal Pradesh, the 13th-largest of 26 villages in Basar Adc block. Literacy is 65%, 5 points above the block average of 60% and the sex ratio is 1,123 women per 1,000 men. It lies 1025 km from the Leparada district centre, 19 km from Shimla railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 791101, served by Basar (West Siang) post office; the LGD village code is 263668. The nearest hospital or health centre is Civil Hospital, Theog, 6 km away. The population is estimated at 285 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Soi
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 24
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BASAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 3
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 54
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 3
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 0
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Soi
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Soi
- LGD code
- 263668
- Pincode
- 791101
- Post office
- Basar (West Siang)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 242
- Population (projected 2026)
- 285
- Households
- 38
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1123
- Literacy rate
- 64.9%
- Coordinates
- 31.17943°N, 77.34388°E
- Block / Mandal
- Basar Adc
- Nearest PHC
- Bavasir Clinic (761.0 km)
- Nearest post office
- Valmiki Nagar (762.0 km)
- Nearest bank
- State Bank of India (762.0 km)
Getting there
How to reach Soi
Distance to cities · straight line
- Itanagar1642 kmcapital
- Delhi286 km
- Mumbai1419 km
- Kolkata1451 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationShimla19 km
- Bus stopTheog Bus Station6 km
- Hospital / PHCCivil Hospital, Theog6 km
- ATM / bankCanara Bank6 km
- Petrol pumpPetrol Pump16 km
- CollegeAtal Bihari Vajpayee Government Institute of Engineering and Technology16 km
- Police stationPolice Station Theog6 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-10
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)