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About Loak Village

Loak is a small village in Damin tehsil, in the district of Kurung Kumey, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 75, made up of 32 males and 43 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,344 females per 1000 males.

Loak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Loak village
Description Value
State Arunachal Pradesh
District Kurung Kumey
Tehsil Damin
Population 75
Male Population 32
Female Population 43
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,344
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Loak compares

By the 2011 count Loak is the 28th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 109 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1042.

Getting to Loak

Loak is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Loak 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Loak from other places

Loak lies about 29 km from Kurung Kumey, and the nearest railway station is Naharlagun, about 116 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 Loak
Tehsil headquarters Damin 3.5 km
District headquarters Kurung Kumey 29 km
Nearest railway station Naharlagun 116 km
Nearest town Itanagar 118 km

Villages closest to Loak

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Loak village had a population of 75. That makes it the 28th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 109 residents.

Loak village has 32 males and 43 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Loak has about 1344 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1042.

Loak falls under Damin tehsil of Kurung Kumey district in Arunachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Loak is Naharlagun, about 116 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Loak.

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

Loak is in Damin tehsil of Kurung Kumey district. Damin is about 3.5 km away. Kurung Kumey is about 29 km away. Naharlagun is about 116 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Huri (under 2 km), Sibia (under 2 km) and Kopila (under 2 km).

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

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