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About Meka Kaku Village

Meka Kaku is a small village in Roing tehsil, in the district of Lower Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 40, made up of 18 males and 22 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,222 females per 1000 males.

Meka Kaku Overview

Census 2011 figures for Meka Kaku village
Description Value
State Arunachal Pradesh
District Lower Dibang Valley
Tehsil Roing
Population 40
Male Population 18
Female Population 22
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,222
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 Meka Kaku compares

By the 2011 count Meka Kaku is the 118th largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 173 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Meka Kaku

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

Meka Kaku lies about 14 km from Lower Dibang Valley, and the nearest railway station is Pasighat, about 49 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 Meka Kaku
Tehsil headquarters Roing 3.6 km
District headquarters Lower Dibang Valley 14 km
Nearest town Pāsighāt 49 km
Nearest railway station Pasighat 49 km

Villages closest to Meka Kaku

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Roing 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 Meka Kaku

As per the Census of India 2011, Meka Kaku village had a population of 40. That makes it the 118th largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 173 residents.

Meka Kaku village has 18 males and 22 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Meka Kaku has about 1222 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 964.

Meka Kaku falls under Roing tehsil of Lower Dibang Valley district in Arunachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Meka Kaku is Pasighat, about 49 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 Meka Kaku.

Meka Kaku is about 14 km from Lower Dibang Valley in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Meka Kaku is in Roing tehsil of Lower Dibang Valley district. Roing is about 3.6 km away. Lower Dibang Valley is about 14 km away. Pāsighāt is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Malek (6.5 km), Bolung I (11 km) and Bolung Ii (11 km).

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

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