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About Gyangkhar Village

Gyangkhar is a small village in TAWANG CIRCLE tehsil, in the district of Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 239, made up of 110 males and 129 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,173 females per 1000 males.

Gyangkhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gyangkhar village
Description Value
State Arunachal Pradesh
District Tawang
Tehsil TAWANG CIRCLE
Population 239
Male Population 110
Female Population 129
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,173
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 Gyangkhar compares

By the 2011 count Gyangkhar is the 12th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 125 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Gyangkhar

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

Gyangkhar lies about 11 km from Tawang, and the nearest railway station is Udalguri, about 92 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 Gyangkhar
Tehsil headquarters TAWANG CIRCLE 11 km
District headquarters Tawang 11 km
Nearest railway station Udalguri 92 km
Nearest town Dhekiajuli 110 km

Villages closest to Gyangkhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gyangkhar village had a population of 239. That makes it the 12th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 125 residents.

Gyangkhar village has 110 males and 129 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gyangkhar has about 1173 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1032.

Gyangkhar falls under TAWANG CIRCLE tehsil of Tawang district in Arunachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Gyangkhar is Udalguri, about 92 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 Gyangkhar.

Gyangkhar is about 11 km from Tawang in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gyangkhar is in TAWANG CIRCLE tehsil of Tawang district. TAWANG CIRCLE is about 11 km away. Tawang is about 11 km away. Udalguri is about 92 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bomdir Supply (3.9 km), Urgelling (4.5 km) and Famla (4.8 km).

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

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