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About Yaja Village

Yaja is a small village in Taksing tehsil, in the district of Upper Subansiri, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 34, made up of 15 males and 19 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,267 females per 1000 males.

Yaja Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yaja village
Description Value
State Arunachal Pradesh
District Upper Subansiri
Tehsil Taksing
Population 34
Male Population 15
Female Population 19
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,267
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 Yaja compares

By the 2011 count Yaja is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 92 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1167.

Getting to Yaja

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

Yaja lies about 90 km from Upper Subansiri, and the nearest railway station is Subansiri, about 147 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 Yaja
Tehsil headquarters Taksing 6.7 km
District headquarters Upper Subansiri 90 km
Nearest railway station Subansiri 147 km
Nearest town Itanagar 154 km

Villages closest to Yaja

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Yaja village had a population of 34. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 92 residents.

Yaja village has 15 males and 19 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yaja has about 1267 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1167.

Yaja falls under Taksing tehsil of Upper Subansiri district in Arunachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Yaja is Subansiri, about 147 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 Yaja.

Yaja is about 90 km from Upper Subansiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Yaja is in Taksing tehsil of Upper Subansiri district. Taksing is about 6.7 km away. Upper Subansiri is about 90 km away. Subansiri is about 147 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lingbing (1.9 km), Gumsing (2.9 km) and Taying (2.9 km).

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

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