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About Picha Village

Picha is a small village in Yangte tehsil, in the district of Kurung Kumey, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 181, made up of 86 males and 95 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,105 females per 1000 males.

Picha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Picha village
Description Value
State Arunachal Pradesh
District Kurung Kumey
Tehsil Yangte
Population 181
Male Population 86
Female Population 95
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,105
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Picha compares

By the 2011 count Picha is the 16th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 177 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1030.

Getting to Picha

Picha 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 Picha 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 Picha from other places

Picha lies about 25 km from Kurung Kumey, and the nearest railway station is Siajuli, about 71 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 Picha
Tehsil headquarters Yangte under 2 km
District headquarters Kurung Kumey 25 km
Nearest railway station Siajuli 71 km
Nearest town Naharlagun 80 km

Villages closest to Picha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Picha village had a population of 181. That makes it the 16th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 177 residents.

Picha village has 86 males and 95 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Picha has about 1105 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1030.

Picha falls under Yangte tehsil of Kurung Kumey district in Arunachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Picha is Siajuli, about 71 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 Picha.

Picha is about 25 km from Kurung Kumey in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Picha is in Yangte tehsil of Kurung Kumey district. Yangte is about under 2 km away. Kurung Kumey is about 25 km away. Siajuli is about 71 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gyachi (under 2 km), Yangte (under 2 km) and Tagia (under 2 km).

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

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