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About Ruji Village

Ruji is a small village in Chetam tehsil, in the district of Upper Subansiri, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 149, made up of 71 males and 78 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,099 females per 1000 males.

Ruji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ruji village
Description Value
State Arunachal Pradesh
District Upper Subansiri
Tehsil Chetam
Population 149
Male Population 71
Female Population 78
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,099
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 Ruji compares

By the 2011 count Ruji is the 15th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 116 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1037.

Getting to Ruji

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

Ruji lies about 32 km from Upper Subansiri, and the nearest railway station is Subansiri, about 76 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 Ruji
Tehsil headquarters Chetam 23 km
District headquarters Upper Subansiri 32 km
Nearest railway station Subansiri 76 km
Nearest town North Lakhimpur 92 km

Villages closest to Ruji

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ruji village had a population of 149. That makes it the 15th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 116 residents.

Ruji village has 71 males and 78 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ruji has about 1099 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1037.

Ruji falls under Chetam tehsil of Upper Subansiri district in Arunachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ruji is Subansiri, about 76 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 Ruji.

Ruji is about 32 km from Upper Subansiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ruji is in Chetam tehsil of Upper Subansiri district. Chetam is about 23 km away. Upper Subansiri is about 32 km away. Subansiri is about 76 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Goha (6.0 km), Hamriga (6.0 km) and Hanju (6.0 km).

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

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