About Shak Village

Shak is a small village in Chetam tehsil, in the district of Upper Subansiri, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 68, made up of 33 males and 35 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,061 females per 1000 males.

Shak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shak village
Description	Value
State	Arunachal Pradesh
District	Upper Subansiri
Tehsil	Chetam
Population	68
Male Population	33
Female Population	35
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,061
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 Shak compares

By the 2011 count Shak is the 43rd largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 116 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1037.

Getting to Shak

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

Shak lies about 31 km from Upper Subansiri, and the nearest railway station is Subansiri, about 82 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 Shak
Tehsil headquarters	Chetam	25 km
District headquarters	Upper Subansiri	31 km
Nearest railway station	Subansiri	82 km
Nearest town	North Lakhimpur	98 km

Villages closest to Shak

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.

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Common questions about Shak

As per the Census of India 2011, Shak village had a population of 68. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 116 residents.

Shak village has 33 males and 35 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shak has about 1061 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1037.

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

The nearest railway station to Shak is Subansiri, about 82 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 Shak.

Shak is about 31 km from Upper Subansiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Shak is in Chetam tehsil of Upper Subansiri district. Chetam is about 25 km away. Upper Subansiri is about 31 km away. Subansiri is about 82 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.