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About Dillung Village

Dillung is a small village in Nafra tehsil, in the district of West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 65, made up of 38 males and 27 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 711 females per 1000 males. The village covers 61 hectares hectares.

Dillung Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dillung village
Description Value
State Arunachal Pradesh
District West Kameng
Tehsil Nafra
Area (hectares) 61 hectares
Population 65
Male Population 38
Female Population 27
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 711
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 Dillung compares

By the 2011 count Dillung is the 27th largest of the 34 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 218 residents. Its 61 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 952.

Getting to Dillung

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

Dillung lies about 25 km from West Kameng, and the nearest railway station is Bhalukpong, about 55 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 Dillung
Tehsil headquarters Nafra 13 km
District headquarters West Kameng 25 km
Nearest railway station Bhalukpong 55 km
Nearest town Dhekiajuli 87 km

Villages closest to Dillung

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dillung village had a population of 65. That makes it the 27th largest of the 34 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 218 residents.

Dillung village has 38 males and 27 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dillung has about 711 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 952.

Dillung covers 61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dillung falls under Nafra tehsil of West Kameng district in Arunachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Dillung is Bhalukpong, about 55 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 Dillung.

Dillung 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.

Dillung is in Nafra tehsil of West Kameng district. Nafra is about 13 km away. West Kameng is about 25 km away. Bhalukpong is about 55 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dibirick (2.0 km), Dibbin (4.4 km) and Najang (6.0 km).

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

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