About Sitang Village

Sitang is a small village in Riga tehsil, in the district of East Siang, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 359, made up of 192 males and 167 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 870 females per 1000 males.

Sitang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sitang village
Description	Value
State	Arunachal Pradesh
District	East Siang
Tehsil	Riga
Population	359
Male Population	192
Female Population	167
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	870
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 Sitang compares

By the 2011 count Sitang is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 593 residents. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 909.

Getting to Sitang

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

Sitang lies about 50 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 Sitang
Tehsil headquarters	Riga	5.3 km
Nearest town	Jining	28 km
Nearest railway station	Pasighat	48 km
District headquarters	East Siang	50 km

Villages closest to Sitang

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

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Common questions about Sitang

As per the Census of India 2011, Sitang village had a population of 359. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 593 residents.

Sitang village has 192 males and 167 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sitang has about 870 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 909.

Sitang falls under Riga tehsil of East Siang district in Arunachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sitang 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 Sitang.

Sitang is about 50 km from East Siang in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sitang is in Riga tehsil of East Siang district. Riga is about 5.3 km away. Jining is about 28 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.