About Nakhu Village

Nakhu is a small village in Nafra tehsil, in the district of West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 303, made up of 158 males and 145 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 65 hectares hectares.

Nakhu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nakhu village
Description	Value
State	Arunachal Pradesh
District	West Kameng
Tehsil	Nafra
Area (hectares)	65 hectares
Population	303
Male Population	158
Female Population	145
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	918
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 Nakhu compares

By the 2011 count Nakhu is the 7th largest of the 34 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 218 residents. Its 65 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Nakhu

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

Nakhu lies about 19 km from West Kameng, and the nearest railway station is Bhalukpong, about 47 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 Nakhu
Tehsil headquarters	Nafra	4.3 km
District headquarters	West Kameng	19 km
Nearest railway station	Bhalukpong	47 km
Nearest town	Dhekiajuli	79 km

Villages closest to Nakhu

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 Nakhu

As per the Census of India 2011, Nakhu village had a population of 303. That makes it the 7th largest of the 34 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 218 residents.

Nakhu village has 158 males and 145 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nakhu has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 952.

Nakhu covers 65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Nakhu is Bhalukpong, about 47 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 Nakhu.

Nakhu is about 19 km from West Kameng in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nakhu is in Nafra tehsil of West Kameng district. Nafra is about 4.3 km away. West Kameng is about 19 km away. Bhalukpong is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.