About Dishing Village

Dishing is a small village in Nafra tehsil, in the district of West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 34, made up of 19 males and 15 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 789 females per 1000 males. The village covers 50 hectares hectares.

Dishing Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dishing village
Description	Value
State	Arunachal Pradesh
District	West Kameng
Tehsil	Nafra
Area (hectares)	50 hectares
Population	34
Male Population	19
Female Population	15
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	789
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 Dishing compares

By the 2011 count Dishing is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 218 residents. Its 50 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 Dishing

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

Dishing lies about 15 km from West Kameng, and the nearest railway station is Bhalukpong, about 23 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 Dishing
District headquarters	West Kameng	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nafra	19 km
Nearest railway station	Bhalukpong	23 km
Nearest town	Dhekiajuli	56 km

Villages closest to Dishing

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.

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Common questions about Dishing

As per the Census of India 2011, Dishing 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 218 residents.

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

Working from the 2011 counts, Dishing has about 789 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 952.

Dishing covers 50 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Dishing is Bhalukpong, about 23 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 Dishing.

Dishing is about 15 km from West Kameng in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dishing is in Nafra tehsil of West Kameng district. West Kameng is about 15 km away. Nafra is about 19 km away. Bhalukpong is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.