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About Leya Village

Leya 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 164, made up of 81 males and 83 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males.

Leya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Leya village
Description Value
State Arunachal Pradesh
District Kurung Kumey
Tehsil Parsi Parlo
Population 164
Male Population 81
Female Population 83
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,025
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 Leya compares

By the 2011 count Leya is the 18th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above 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 Leya

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

Leya lies about 17 km from Kurung Kumey, and the nearest railway station is Naharlagun, about 78 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 Leya
Tehsil headquarters Parsi Parlo 17 km
District headquarters Kurung Kumey 17 km
Nearest town Itanagar 78 km
Nearest railway station Naharlagun 78 km

Villages closest to Leya

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 Leya

As per the Census of India 2011, Leya village had a population of 164. That makes it the 18th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 141 residents.

Leya village has 81 males and 83 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Leya has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1004.

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

The nearest railway station to Leya is Naharlagun, about 78 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 Leya.

Leya is about 17 km from Kurung Kumey in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Leya is in Parsi Parlo tehsil of Kurung Kumey district. Parsi Parlo is about 17 km away. Kurung Kumey is about 17 km away. Itanagar is about 78 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dalang (3.1 km), Segriang (6.9 km) and Marma (21 km).

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

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