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About Hoongla Village

Hoongla is a small village in LUMLA tehsil, in the district of Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 224, made up of 110 males and 114 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,036 females per 1000 males.

Hoongla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hoongla village
Description Value
State Arunachal Pradesh
District Tawang
Tehsil LUMLA
Population 224
Male Population 110
Female Population 114
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,036
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 Hoongla compares

By the 2011 count Hoongla is the 11th largest of the 21 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 294 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1057.

Getting to Hoongla

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

Hoongla lies about 9.9 km from Tawang, and the nearest railway station is Harisinga, about 91 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 Hoongla
Tehsil headquarters LUMLA 2.0 km
District headquarters Tawang 9.9 km
Nearest railway station Harisinga 91 km
Nearest town Dhekiajuli 117 km

Villages closest to Hoongla

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Hoongla village had a population of 224. That makes it the 11th largest of the 21 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 294 residents.

Hoongla village has 110 males and 114 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hoongla has about 1036 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1057.

Hoongla falls under LUMLA tehsil of Tawang district in Arunachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Hoongla is Harisinga, about 91 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 Hoongla.

Hoongla is about 9.9 km from Tawang in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hoongla is in LUMLA tehsil of Tawang district. LUMLA is about 2.0 km away. Tawang is about 9.9 km away. Harisinga is about 91 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lumla H Q (2.0 km), Lumla Village (2.0 km) and New Lumla (2.0 km).

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

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