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About Oyan Village Village

Oyan Village is a mid sized village in Sille Oyan tehsil, in the district of East Siang, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,443, made up of 782 males and 661 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 845 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2210 hectares hectares.

Oyan Village Overview

Census 2011 figures for Oyan Village village
Description Value
State Arunachal Pradesh
District East Siang
Tehsil Sille Oyan
Area (hectares) 2210 hectares
Population 1,443
Male Population 782
Female Population 661
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 845
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Oyan Village compares

By the 2011 count Oyan Village is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 810 residents. Its 2210 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1031.

Getting to Oyan Village

Oyan Village is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Oyan Village as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Oyan Village from other places

Oyan Village lies about 13 km from East Siang, and the nearest railway station is Sille, about 6.4 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 Oyan Village
Nearest railway station Sille 6.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Sille Oyan 13 km
District headquarters East Siang 13 km
Nearest town Pāsighāt 20 km

Villages closest to Oyan Village

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sille Oyan 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 Oyan Village

As per the Census of India 2011, Oyan Village village had a population of 1,443. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 810 residents.

Oyan Village village has 782 males and 661 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Oyan Village has about 845 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1031.

Oyan Village covers 2210 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Oyan Village falls under Sille Oyan tehsil of East Siang district in Arunachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Oyan Village is Sille, about 6.4 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Oyan Village.

Oyan Village is about 13 km from East Siang in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Oyan Village is in Sille Oyan tehsil of East Siang district. Sille is about 6.4 km away. Sille Oyan is about 13 km away. East Siang is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are 10th Mile Oyan (under 2 km), Oyan Camp (under 2 km) and Donyi Polo T E (2.4 km).

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

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