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About Dosing Village

Dosing is a small village in Boleng tehsil, in the district of East Siang, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 198, made up of 107 males and 91 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 850 females per 1000 males.

Dosing Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dosing village
Description Value
State Arunachal Pradesh
District East Siang
Tehsil Boleng
Population 198
Male Population 107
Female Population 91
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 850
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 Dosing compares

By the 2011 count Dosing is the 7th largest of the 10 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 280 residents. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Dosing

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

Dosing lies about 49 km from East Siang, and the nearest railway station is Pasighat, about 48 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 Dosing
Tehsil headquarters Boleng 1.5 km
Nearest town Jining 18 km
Nearest railway station Pasighat 48 km
District headquarters East Siang 49 km

Villages closest to Dosing

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dosing village had a population of 198. That makes it the 7th largest of the 10 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 280 residents.

Dosing village has 107 males and 91 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dosing has about 850 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

Dosing falls under Boleng tehsil of East Siang district in Arunachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dosing is Pasighat, about 48 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 Dosing.

Dosing is about 49 km from East Siang in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dosing is in Boleng tehsil of East Siang district. Boleng is about 1.5 km away. Jining is about 18 km away. Pasighat is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lileng (under 2 km), Pareng (8.6 km) and Yingku (15 km).

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

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