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About Paga Village

Paga is a small village in Mengio tehsil, in the district of Papum Pare, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 234, made up of 116 males and 118 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males.

Paga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paga village
Description Value
State Arunachal Pradesh
District Papum Pare
Tehsil Mengio
Population 234
Male Population 116
Female Population 118
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,017
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 Paga compares

By the 2011 count Paga is the 5th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 141 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1083.

Getting to Paga

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

Paga lies about 67 km from Papum Pare, and the nearest railway station is Naharlagun, about 75 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 Paga
Tehsil headquarters Mengio 29 km
District headquarters Papum Pare 67 km
Nearest railway station Naharlagun 75 km

Villages closest to Paga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Paga village had a population of 234. That makes it the 5th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 141 residents.

Paga village has 116 males and 118 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paga has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1083.

Paga falls under Mengio tehsil of Papum Pare district in Arunachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Paga is Naharlagun, about 75 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 Paga.

Paga is about 67 km from Papum Pare in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paga is in Mengio tehsil of Papum Pare district. Mengio is about 29 km away. Papum Pare is about 67 km away. Naharlagun is about 75 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Heyang (5.0 km), Lekang (5.0 km) and Kamrung (5.3 km).

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

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