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About Yakung Village

Yakung is a small village in Kibithoo tehsil, in the district of Anjaw, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 64, made up of 31 males and 33 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,065 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 792102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Yakung Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yakung village
Description Value
State Arunachal Pradesh
District Anjaw
Tehsil Kibithoo
Pincode 792102
Population 64
Male Population 31
Female Population 33
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,065
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 Yakung compares

By the 2011 count Yakung is the 5th largest of the 10 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 146 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 736.

Getting to Yakung

Yakung is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Yakung 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 Yakung from other places

Yakung lies about 31 km from Anjaw, and the nearest railway station is Dangari, about 153 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 Yakung
Tehsil headquarters Kibithoo 31 km
District headquarters Anjaw 31 km
Nearest railway station Dangari 153 km
Nearest town Dum Duma 161 km

Villages closest to Yakung

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kibithoo 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 Yakung

As per the Census of India 2011, Yakung village had a population of 64. That makes it the 5th largest of the 10 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 146 residents.

Yakung village has 31 males and 33 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yakung has about 1065 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 736.

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

Yakung falls under Kibithoo tehsil of Anjaw district in Arunachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Yakung is Dangari, about 153 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 Yakung.

Yakung is about 31 km from Anjaw in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Yakung is in Kibithoo tehsil of Anjaw district. Kibithoo is about 31 km away. Anjaw is about 31 km away. Dangari is about 153 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Yakung L Camp (under 2 km), Krowti Labour Camp (3.6 km) and Krowti (4.0 km).

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

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