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About Keya Village

Keya is a small village in Koloriang tehsil, in the district of Kurung Kumey, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 36, made up of 20 males and 16 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 800 females per 1000 males.

Keya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keya village
Description Value
State Arunachal Pradesh
District Kurung Kumey
Tehsil Koloriang
Population 36
Male Population 20
Female Population 16
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 800
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Keya compares

By the 2011 count Keya is the 50th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 77 residents. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1031.

Getting to Keya

Keya is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Keya 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 Keya from other places

Keya lies about 8.5 km from Kurung Kumey, and the nearest railway station is Naharlagun, about 87 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 Keya
District headquarters Kurung Kumey 8.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Koloriang 11 km
Nearest railway station Naharlagun 87 km

Villages closest to Keya

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 Keya

As per the Census of India 2011, Keya village had a population of 36. That makes it the 50th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 77 residents.

Keya village has 20 males and 16 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keya has about 800 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1031.

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

The nearest railway station to Keya is Naharlagun, about 87 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 Keya.

Keya is about 8.5 km from Kurung Kumey in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Keya is in Koloriang tehsil of Kurung Kumey district. Kurung Kumey is about 8.5 km away. Koloriang is about 11 km away. Naharlagun is about 87 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Yumlam (under 2 km), Kush (under 2 km) and Pani (under 2 km).

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

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