About Payu Village

Payu is a small village in Phassang tehsil, in the district of Kurung Kumey, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 24, made up of 10 males and 14 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,400 females per 1000 males. The village covers 650 hectares hectares.

Payu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Payu village
Description	Value
State	Arunachal Pradesh
District	Kurung Kumey
Tehsil	Phassang
Area (hectares)	650 hectares
Population	24
Male Population	10
Female Population	14
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,400
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Payu compares

By the 2011 count Payu is the 25th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 87 residents. Its 650 hectares work out to about 0.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1164.

Getting to Payu

Payu is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Payu as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. 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 Payu from other places

Payu lies about 18 km from Kurung Kumey, and the nearest railway station is Naharlagun, about 79 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 Payu
Tehsil headquarters	Phassang	2.6 km
District headquarters	Kurung Kumey	18 km
Nearest town	Itanagar	79 km
Nearest railway station	Naharlagun	79 km

Villages closest to Payu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Payu village had a population of 24. That makes it the 25th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 87 residents.

Payu village has 10 males and 14 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Payu has about 1400 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1164.

Payu covers 650 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Payu falls under Phassang tehsil of Kurung Kumey district in Arunachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Payu is Naharlagun, about 79 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Payu.

Payu is about 18 km from Kurung Kumey in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Payu is in Phassang tehsil of Kurung Kumey district. Phassang is about 2.6 km away. Kurung Kumey is about 18 km away. Itanagar is about 79 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.