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About Thangarkharung Village

Thangarkharung is a small village in Bongkhar tehsil, in the district of Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 16, made up of 8 males and 8 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males.

Thangarkharung Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thangarkharung village
Description Value
State Arunachal Pradesh
District Tawang
Tehsil Bongkhar
Population 16
Male Population 8
Female Population 8
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
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 Thangarkharung compares

By the 2011 count Thangarkharung is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 90 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1194.

Getting to Thangarkharung

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

Thangarkharung lies about 8.9 km from Tawang, and the nearest railway station is Harisinga, about 90 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 Thangarkharung
Tehsil headquarters Bongkhar 8.9 km
District headquarters Tawang 8.9 km
Nearest railway station Harisinga 90 km
Nearest town Dhekiajuli 115 km

Villages closest to Thangarkharung

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Thangarkharung village had a population of 16. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 90 residents.

Thangarkharung village has 8 males and 8 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thangarkharung has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1194.

Thangarkharung falls under Bongkhar tehsil of Tawang district in Arunachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Thangarkharung is Harisinga, about 90 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 Thangarkharung.

Thangarkharung is about 8.9 km from Tawang in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thangarkharung is in Bongkhar tehsil of Tawang district. Bongkhar is about 8.9 km away. Tawang is about 8.9 km away. Harisinga is about 90 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kharung (under 2 km), Kharungdong (under 2 km) and Kharungmet (under 2 km).

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

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