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About Ekke Village

Ekke is a small village in Siyum tehsil, in the district of Upper Subansiri, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 372, made up of 178 males and 194 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,090 females per 1000 males.

Ekke Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ekke village
Description Value
State Arunachal Pradesh
District Upper Subansiri
Tehsil Siyum
Population 372
Male Population 178
Female Population 194
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,090
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 Ekke compares

By the 2011 count Ekke is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 146 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Ekke

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

Ekke lies about 32 km from Upper Subansiri, and the nearest railway station is Subansiri, about 109 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 Ekke
Tehsil headquarters Siyum 8.9 km
District headquarters Upper Subansiri 32 km
Nearest town Jining 81 km
Nearest railway station Subansiri 109 km

Villages closest to Ekke

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ekke village had a population of 372. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 146 residents.

Ekke village has 178 males and 194 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ekke has about 1090 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

Ekke falls under Siyum tehsil of Upper Subansiri district in Arunachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ekke is Subansiri, about 109 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 Ekke.

Ekke 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.

Ekke is in Siyum tehsil of Upper Subansiri district. Siyum is about 8.9 km away. Upper Subansiri is about 32 km away. Jining is about 81 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ketha (under 2 km), Kajiring (4.2 km) and Gyate (7.0 km).

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

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