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About Muktur Village

Muktur is a small village in DUDUNGHAR tehsil, in the district of Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 191, made up of 94 males and 97 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,032 females per 1000 males.

Muktur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Muktur village
Description Value
State Arunachal Pradesh
District Tawang
Tehsil DUDUNGHAR
Population 191
Male Population 94
Female Population 97
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,032
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 Muktur compares

By the 2011 count Muktur is the 5th largest of the 26 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 109 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1097.

Getting to Muktur

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

Muktur lies about 13 km from Tawang, and the nearest railway station is Harisinga, about 100 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 Muktur
Tehsil headquarters DUDUNGHAR 8.2 km
District headquarters Tawang 13 km
Nearest railway station Harisinga 100 km
Nearest town Rangia 126 km

Villages closest to Muktur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Muktur village had a population of 191. That makes it the 5th largest of the 26 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 109 residents.

Muktur village has 94 males and 97 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Muktur has about 1032 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1097.

Muktur falls under DUDUNGHAR tehsil of Tawang district in Arunachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Muktur is Harisinga, about 100 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 Muktur.

Muktur is about 13 km from Tawang in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Muktur is in DUDUNGHAR tehsil of Tawang district. DUDUNGHAR is about 8.2 km away. Tawang is about 13 km away. Harisinga is about 100 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Surbin (3.1 km), Yuser (4.0 km) and Chellengdung (4.4 km).

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

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