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About Brokenthang Village

Brokenthang is a small village in Zemithang tehsil, in the district of Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 42, made up of 21 males and 21 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males.

Brokenthang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Brokenthang village
Description Value
State Arunachal Pradesh
District Tawang
Tehsil Zemithang
Population 42
Male Population 21
Female Population 21
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
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 Brokenthang compares

By the 2011 count Brokenthang is the 15th largest of the 18 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 163 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1155.

Getting to Brokenthang

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

Brokenthang lies about 19 km from Tawang, and the nearest railway station is Harisinga, about 115 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 Brokenthang
Tehsil headquarters Zemithang 2.9 km
District headquarters Tawang 19 km
Nearest railway station Harisinga 115 km
Nearest town Dhekiajuli 137 km

Villages closest to Brokenthang

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Brokenthang village had a population of 42. That makes it the 15th largest of the 18 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 163 residents.

Brokenthang village has 21 males and 21 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Brokenthang has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1155.

Brokenthang falls under Zemithang tehsil of Tawang district in Arunachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Brokenthang is Harisinga, about 115 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 Brokenthang.

Brokenthang is about 19 km from Tawang in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Brokenthang is in Zemithang tehsil of Tawang district. Zemithang is about 2.9 km away. Tawang is about 19 km away. Harisinga is about 115 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shoktsen (under 2 km), Lumpo (1.9 km) and Muchut (2.7 km).

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

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