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About Gatam Village

Gatam is a small village in Longding Koling tehsil, in the district of Kurung Kumey, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 34, made up of 16 males and 18 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,125 females per 1000 males.

Gatam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gatam village
Description Value
State Arunachal Pradesh
District Kurung Kumey
Tehsil Longding Koling
Population 34
Male Population 16
Female Population 18
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,125
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 Gatam compares

By the 2011 count Gatam is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 209 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1109.

Getting to Gatam

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

Gatam lies about 34 km from Kurung Kumey, and the nearest railway station is Subansiri, about 96 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 Gatam
Tehsil headquarters Longding Koling 34 km
District headquarters Kurung Kumey 34 km
Nearest railway station Subansiri 96 km
Nearest town North Lakhimpur 108 km

Villages closest to Gatam

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Longding Koling 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 Gatam

As per the Census of India 2011, Gatam village had a population of 34. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 209 residents.

Gatam village has 16 males and 18 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gatam has about 1125 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1109.

Gatam falls under Longding Koling tehsil of Kurung Kumey district in Arunachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gatam is Subansiri, about 96 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 Gatam.

Gatam is about 34 km from Kurung Kumey in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gatam is in Longding Koling tehsil of Kurung Kumey district. Longding Koling is about 34 km away. Kurung Kumey is about 34 km away. Subansiri is about 96 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hapuk (1.6 km), Kokso (1.9 km) and Habak (2.1 km).

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

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