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About Morshing Village

Morshing is a small village in Kalaktang tehsil, in the district of West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 242, made up of 129 males and 113 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 660 hectares hectares.

Morshing Overview

Census 2011 figures for Morshing village
Description Value
State Arunachal Pradesh
District West Kameng
Tehsil Kalaktang
Area (hectares) 660 hectares
Population 242
Male Population 129
Female Population 113
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 876
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 Morshing compares

By the 2011 count Morshing is the 9th largest of the 24 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 276 residents. Its 660 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1091.

Getting to Morshing

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

Morshing lies about 25 km from West Kameng, and the nearest railway station is Hugrajuli Halt, about 44 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 Morshing
Tehsil headquarters Kalaktang 13 km
District headquarters West Kameng 25 km
Nearest railway station Hugrajuli Halt 44 km
Nearest town Dhekiajuli 59 km

Villages closest to Morshing

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Morshing village had a population of 242. That makes it the 9th largest of the 24 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 276 residents.

Morshing village has 129 males and 113 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Morshing has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1091.

Morshing covers 660 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Morshing falls under Kalaktang tehsil of West Kameng district in Arunachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Morshing is Hugrajuli Halt, about 44 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 Morshing.

Morshing is about 25 km from West Kameng in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Morshing is in Kalaktang tehsil of West Kameng district. Kalaktang is about 13 km away. West Kameng is about 25 km away. Hugrajuli Halt is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Domkho (under 2 km), Sanglem (1.5 km) and Samphung (13 km).

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

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