About Samteng Village

Samteng is a small village in Kalaktang tehsil, in the district of West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 26, made up of 14 males and 12 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 857 females per 1000 males. The village covers 500 hectares hectares.

Samteng Overview

Census 2011 figures for Samteng village
Description	Value
State	Arunachal Pradesh
District	West Kameng
Tehsil	Kalaktang
Area (hectares)	500 hectares
Population	26
Male Population	14
Female Population	12
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	857
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Samteng compares

By the 2011 count Samteng is the 21st largest of the 24 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 276 residents. Its 500 hectares work out to about 0.1 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 Samteng

Samteng is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Samteng as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Liphakpu, Lungdur, Morshing and Rongthangjurpam. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Samteng

As per the Census of India 2011, Samteng village had a population of 26. That makes it the 21st largest of the 24 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 276 residents.

Samteng village has 14 males and 12 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Samteng has about 857 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1091.

Samteng covers 500 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Samteng notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Samteng.

Samteng is in Kalaktang tehsil of West Kameng district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.