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About Khardung Village

Khardung is a small village in KITPI CIRCLE tehsil, in the district of Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 127, made up of 62 males and 65 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,048 females per 1000 males.

Khardung Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khardung village
Description Value
State Arunachal Pradesh
District Tawang
Tehsil KITPI CIRCLE
Population 127
Male Population 62
Female Population 65
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,048
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 Khardung compares

By the 2011 count Khardung is the 7th largest of the 31 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 95 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1108.

Getting to Khardung

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

Khardung 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 Khardung
Tehsil headquarters KITPI CIRCLE 8.9 km
District headquarters Tawang 8.9 km
Nearest railway station Harisinga 90 km
Nearest town Dhekiajuli 115 km

Villages closest to Khardung

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in KITPI CIRCLE 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 Khardung

As per the Census of India 2011, Khardung village had a population of 127. That makes it the 7th largest of the 31 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 95 residents.

Khardung village has 62 males and 65 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khardung has about 1048 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1108.

Khardung falls under KITPI CIRCLE tehsil of Tawang district in Arunachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Khardung 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 Khardung.

Khardung 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.

Khardung is in KITPI CIRCLE tehsil of Tawang district. KITPI CIRCLE 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 Jamkhar (13 km), Kitpi (16 km) and Kitpi Ii (16 km).

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

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