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About Alney Village

Alney is a small village in Etalin tehsil, in the district of Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 18, made up of 11 males and 7 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 636 females per 1000 males.

Alney Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alney village
Description Value
State Arunachal Pradesh
District Dibang Valley
Tehsil Etalin
Population 18
Male Population 11
Female Population 7
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 636
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 Alney compares

By the 2011 count Alney is the 18th largest of the 33 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 39 residents. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Alney

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

Alney lies about 29 km from Dibang Valley, and the nearest railway station is Pasighat, about 108 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 Alney
Tehsil headquarters Etalin 29 km
District headquarters Dibang Valley 29 km
Nearest town Pāsighāt 105 km
Nearest railway station Pasighat 108 km

Villages closest to Alney

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Alney village had a population of 18. That makes it the 18th largest of the 33 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 39 residents.

Alney village has 11 males and 7 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alney has about 636 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 973.

Alney falls under Etalin tehsil of Dibang Valley district in Arunachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Alney is Pasighat, about 108 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 Alney.

Alney is about 29 km from Dibang Valley in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alney is in Etalin tehsil of Dibang Valley district. Etalin is about 29 km away. Dibang Valley is about 29 km away. Pāsighāt is about 105 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Maliney (under 2 km), Apanli (4.7 km) and Gunil (5.7 km).

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

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