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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Chopsa is a village in Lawnu Circle mandal, Longding district, Arunachal Pradesh, with a population of 306 across 57 households. The village has a literacy rate of 45.4% and is identified by PIN code 792131.
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- LGD code
- 264519
- Pincode
- 792131
- Post office
- Longding
- Population
- 306
- Households
- 57
- Literacy rate
- 45.4%
- Sex ratio
- 937 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 172
- Distance to district centre
- 26 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 1 km
- Distance to Itanagar
- 173 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 863 km
- Nearest railway station
- Borhat · 15 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- APL Hospital · 15 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chopsa compares
By population, Chopsa ranks #7 of 18 villages in Lawnu Circle mandal.
Literacy rate
%
45.4%
−2.2% vs mandal average
- Chopsa
- 45.4%
- Lawnu Circle mandal
- 47.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
937
−57 vs mandal average
- Chopsa
- 937
- Lawnu Circle mandal
- 994
Household size
people per home
5.4
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Chopsa
- 5.4
- Lawnu Circle mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chopsa at a glance
Chopsa is a village of 306 people in 57 households (Census 2011) in Lawnu Circle block, Longding district, Arunachal Pradesh, the 7th-largest of 18 villages in Lawnu Circle block. Literacy is 45%, 2 points below the block average of 48% and the sex ratio is 937 women per 1,000 men. It lies 26 km from the Longding district centre, 15 km from Borhat railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 792131, served by Longding post office; the LGD village code is 264519. The nearest hospital or health centre is APL Hospital, 15 km away. The village votes in Kanubari assembly constituency, represented by MLA Gabriel Denwang Wangsu. The population is estimated at 361 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chopsa
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- 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
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DEOMALI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 35
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 110
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- 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 · Chopsa
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chopsa
- LGD code
- 264519
- Pincode
- 792131
- Post office
- Longding
- Population (Census 2011)
- 306
- Population (projected 2026)
- 361
- Households
- 57
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 937
- Literacy rate
- 45.4%
- Coordinates
- 27.05059°N, 95.35387°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Arunachal East
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Kanubari
- Member of Parliament
- Tapir Gao
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Gabriel Denwang Wangsu
- Block / Mandal
- Lawnu Circle
Getting there
How to reach Chopsa
Distance to cities · straight line
- Itanagar173 kmcapital
- Kolkata863 km
- Delhi1791 km
- Hyderabad2039 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBorhat15 km
- Bus stopJoypur Chariali24 km
- Hospital / PHCAPL Hospital15 km
- ATM / bankATM20 km
- Petrol pumpAssam Oil32 km
- CollegeSapekhati College20 km
- Police stationSPK.PS20 km
Same pincode
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)