About Sakyur Village

Sakyur is a small village in LUMLA tehsil, in the district of Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 286, made up of 130 males and 156 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,200 females per 1000 males.

Sakyur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sakyur village
Description	Value
State	Arunachal Pradesh
District	Tawang
Tehsil	LUMLA
Population	286
Male Population	130
Female Population	156
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,200
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 Sakyur compares

By the 2011 count Sakyur is the 8th largest of the 21 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 294 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1057.

Getting to Sakyur

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

Sakyur lies about 2.5 km from Tawang, and the nearest railway station is Harisinga, about 94 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 Sakyur
District headquarters	Tawang	2.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	LUMLA	7.9 km
Nearest railway station	Harisinga	94 km
Nearest town	Dhekiajuli	116 km

Villages closest to Sakyur

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.

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Common questions about Sakyur

As per the Census of India 2011, Sakyur village had a population of 286. That makes it the 8th largest of the 21 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 294 residents.

Sakyur village has 130 males and 156 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sakyur has about 1200 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1057.

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

The nearest railway station to Sakyur is Harisinga, about 94 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 Sakyur.

Sakyur is about 2.5 km from Tawang in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sakyur is in LUMLA tehsil of Tawang district. Tawang is about 2.5 km away. LUMLA is about 7.9 km away. Harisinga is about 94 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.