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About Wothung Village

Wothung is a small village in Nafra tehsil, in the district of West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 44, made up of 24 males and 20 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 833 females per 1000 males. The village covers 36 hectares hectares.

Wothung Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wothung village
Description Value
State Arunachal Pradesh
District West Kameng
Tehsil Nafra
Area (hectares) 36 hectares
Population 44
Male Population 24
Female Population 20
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 833
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 Wothung compares

By the 2011 count Wothung is the 30th largest of the 34 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 218 residents. Its 36 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 Wothung

Wothung is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Wothung 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. The nearest villages by name are Saidle, Sanchipam, Silimathung and Upper Dzang. 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.

Common questions about Wothung

As per the Census of India 2011, Wothung village had a population of 44. That makes it the 30th largest of the 34 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 218 residents.

Wothung village has 24 males and 20 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wothung has about 833 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 952.

Wothung covers 36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Wothung notes the nearest railway station 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 Wothung.

Wothung is in Nafra 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.

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

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