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About Furek Village

Furek is a small village in Koloriang tehsil, in the district of Kurung Kumey, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 124, made up of 57 males and 67 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,175 females per 1000 males.

Furek Overview

Census 2011 figures for Furek village
Description Value
State Arunachal Pradesh
District Kurung Kumey
Tehsil Koloriang
Population 124
Male Population 57
Female Population 67
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,175
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Furek compares

By the 2011 count Furek is the 10th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 77 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1031.

Getting to Furek

Furek is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Furek as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available. 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 Furek from other places

Furek lies about 5.7 km from Kurung Kumey, and the nearest railway station is Naharlagun, about 93 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 Furek
Tehsil headquarters Koloriang 3.1 km
District headquarters Kurung Kumey 5.7 km
Nearest railway station Naharlagun 93 km
Nearest town Itanagar 95 km

Villages closest to Furek

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Furek village had a population of 124. That makes it the 10th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 77 residents.

Furek village has 57 males and 67 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Furek has about 1175 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1031.

Furek falls under Koloriang tehsil of Kurung Kumey district in Arunachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Furek is Naharlagun, about 93 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 for Furek.

Furek is about 5.7 km from Kurung Kumey in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Furek is in Koloriang tehsil of Kurung Kumey district. Koloriang is about 3.1 km away. Kurung Kumey is about 5.7 km away. Naharlagun is about 93 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chinkongne Village (under 2 km), Papu (under 2 km) and Radang (under 2 km).

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

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