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About Grantong Village

Grantong is a small village in Goiliang tehsil, in the district of Anjaw, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 18, made up of 10 males and 8 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 800 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 792102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Grantong Overview

Census 2011 figures for Grantong village
Description Value
State Arunachal Pradesh
District Anjaw
Tehsil Goiliang
Pincode 792102
Population 18
Male Population 10
Female Population 8
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 800
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Grantong compares

By the 2011 count Grantong is the 26th largest of the 31 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 54 residents. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Grantong

Grantong is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Grantong as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Grantong from other places

Grantong lies about 8.0 km from Anjaw, and the nearest railway station is Dangari, about 118 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Grantong
Tehsil headquarters Goiliang 2.4 km
District headquarters Anjaw 8.0 km
Nearest railway station Dangari 118 km
Nearest town Dum Duma 126 km

Villages closest to Grantong

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Goiliang tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Grantong

As per the Census of India 2011, Grantong village had a population of 18. That makes it the 26th largest of the 31 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 54 residents.

Grantong village has 10 males and 8 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Grantong has about 800 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Grantong is 792102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Grantong falls under Goiliang tehsil of Anjaw district in Arunachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Grantong is Dangari, about 118 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Grantong.

Grantong is about 8.0 km from Anjaw in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Grantong is in Goiliang tehsil of Anjaw district. Goiliang is about 2.4 km away. Anjaw is about 8.0 km away. Dangari is about 118 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Challang (2.1 km), Doiliang (2.4 km) and Goiliang H Q (2.4 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Grantong today is likely to be higher.

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