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About Palang Village

Palang is a small village in Phassang tehsil, in the district of Kurung Kumey, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4, made up of 2 males and 2 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 400 hectares hectares.

Palang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palang village
Description Value
State Arunachal Pradesh
District Kurung Kumey
Tehsil Phassang
Area (hectares) 400 hectares
Population 4
Male Population 2
Female Population 2
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Palang compares

By the 2011 count Palang is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 87 residents. Its 400 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, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1164.

Getting to Palang

Palang 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 Palang as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Palang from other places

Palang lies about 20 km from Kurung Kumey, and the nearest railway station is Naharlagun, about 77 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 Palang
Tehsil headquarters Phassang under 2 km
District headquarters Kurung Kumey 20 km
Nearest town Itanagar 77 km
Nearest railway station Naharlagun 77 km

Villages closest to Palang

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.

Common questions about Palang

As per the Census of India 2011, Palang village had a population of 4. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 87 residents.

Palang village has 2 males and 2 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palang has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1164.

Palang covers 400 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.

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

The nearest railway station to Palang is Naharlagun, about 77 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 for Palang.

Palang 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.

Palang is in Phassang tehsil of Kurung Kumey district. Phassang is about under 2 km away. Kurung Kumey is about 20 km away. Itanagar is about 77 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sangripo (2.0 km), Payu (2.3 km) and Langria (2.5 km).

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

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