About Gangtung Village

Gangtung is a small village in Parang tehsil, in the district of Papum Pare, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 54, made up of 13 males and 41 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 3,154 females per 1000 males.

Gangtung Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangtung village
Description	Value
State	Arunachal Pradesh
District	Papum Pare
Tehsil	Parang
Population	54
Male Population	13
Female Population	41
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	3,154
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 Gangtung compares

By the 2011 count Gangtung is the 13th largest of the 17 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 97 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1128.

Getting to Gangtung

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

Gangtung lies about 41 km from Papum Pare, and the nearest railway station is Nizbargang, about 53 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 Gangtung
Tehsil headquarters	Parang	31 km
District headquarters	Papum Pare	41 km
Nearest town	Itanagar	48 km
Nearest railway station	Nizbargang	53 km

Villages closest to Gangtung

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Parang tehsil.

Parang 31 km

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 Gangtung

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangtung village had a population of 54. That makes it the 13th largest of the 17 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 97 residents.

Gangtung village has 13 males and 41 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangtung has about 3154 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1128.

Gangtung falls under Parang tehsil of Papum Pare district in Arunachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gangtung is Nizbargang, about 53 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 Gangtung.

Gangtung is about 41 km from Papum Pare in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangtung is in Parang tehsil of Papum Pare district. Parang is about 31 km away. Papum Pare is about 41 km away. Itanagar is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.