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About Longkhong Village

Longkhong is a small village in Namsang tehsil, in the district of Tirap, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 201, made up of 101 males and 100 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 990 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 786629, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Longkhong Overview

Census 2011 figures for Longkhong village
Description Value
State Arunachal Pradesh
District Tirap
Tehsil Namsang
Pincode 786629
Population 201
Male Population 101
Female Population 100
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 990
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Longkhong compares

By the 2011 count Longkhong is the 9th largest of the 19 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 253 residents. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1042.

Getting to Longkhong

Longkhong is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Longkhong as Available within village. 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 Longkhong from other places

Longkhong lies about 26 km from Tirap, and the nearest railway station is Namrup, about 25 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 Longkhong
Tehsil headquarters Namsang 3.8 km
Nearest railway station Namrup 25 km
District headquarters Tirap 26 km
Nearest town Margherita 26 km

Villages closest to Longkhong

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Longkhong village had a population of 201. That makes it the 9th largest of the 19 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 253 residents.

Longkhong village has 101 males and 100 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Longkhong has about 990 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1042.

The pincode recorded for Longkhong is 786629. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Longkhong falls under Namsang tehsil of Tirap district in Arunachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Longkhong is Namrup, about 25 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Longkhong.

Longkhong is about 26 km from Tirap in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Longkhong is in Namsang tehsil of Tirap district. Namsang is about 3.8 km away. Namrup is about 25 km away. Tirap is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Makat (3.7 km), Namsang (3.8 km) and Namsang H Q (3.8 km).

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

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