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About Joku Village

Joku is a small village in Parsi Parlo tehsil, in the district of Kurung Kumey, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 140, made up of 69 males and 71 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,029 females per 1000 males.

Joku Overview

Census 2011 figures for Joku village
Description Value
State Arunachal Pradesh
District Kurung Kumey
Tehsil Parsi Parlo
Population 140
Male Population 69
Female Population 71
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,029
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 Joku compares

By the 2011 count Joku is the 27th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 141 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Joku

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

Joku lies about 20 km from Kurung Kumey, and the nearest railway station is Siajuli, about 95 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 Joku
Tehsil headquarters Parsi Parlo 20 km
District headquarters Kurung Kumey 20 km
Nearest railway station Siajuli 95 km
Nearest town Naharlagun 102 km

Villages closest to Joku

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Parsi Parlo 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 Joku

As per the Census of India 2011, Joku village had a population of 140. That makes it the 27th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 141 residents.

Joku village has 69 males and 71 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Joku has about 1029 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1004.

Joku falls under Parsi Parlo tehsil of Kurung Kumey district in Arunachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Joku is Siajuli, about 95 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 Joku.

Joku is about 20 km from Kurung Kumey in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Joku is in Parsi Parlo tehsil of Kurung Kumey district. Parsi Parlo is about 20 km away. Kurung Kumey is about 20 km away. Siajuli is about 95 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mangdo (under 2 km), Mangdo I (under 2 km) and Pape (under 2 km).

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

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