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About Thongleng Village

Thongleng is a small village in TAWANG CIRCLE tehsil, in the district of Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 377, made up of 173 males and 204 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,179 females per 1000 males.

Thongleng Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thongleng village
Description Value
State Arunachal Pradesh
District Tawang
Tehsil TAWANG CIRCLE
Population 377
Male Population 173
Female Population 204
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,179
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 Thongleng compares

By the 2011 count Thongleng is the 4th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local 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 Thongleng

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

Thongleng lies about under 2 km from Tawang, and the nearest railway station is Harisinga, about 96 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 Thongleng
Tehsil headquarters TAWANG CIRCLE under 2 km
District headquarters Tawang under 2 km
Nearest railway station Harisinga 96 km
Nearest town Dhekiajuli 118 km

Villages closest to Thongleng

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 Thongleng

As per the Census of India 2011, Thongleng village had a population of 377. That makes it the 4th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 125 residents.

Thongleng village has 173 males and 204 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thongleng has about 1179 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1032.

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

The nearest railway station to Thongleng is Harisinga, about 96 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 Thongleng.

Thongleng is about under 2 km from Tawang in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thongleng is in TAWANG CIRCLE tehsil of Tawang district. TAWANG CIRCLE is about under 2 km away. Tawang is about under 2 km away. Harisinga is about 96 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tawang Gompa (under 2 km), Sakpret (under 2 km) and Pamaghar (2.4 km).

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

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