About Lagam Village

Lagam is a small village in Thembang tehsil, in the district of West Kameng, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 42, made up of 28 males and 14 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 500 females per 1000 males.

Lagam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lagam village
Description	Value
State	Arunachal Pradesh
District	West Kameng
Tehsil	Thembang
Population	42
Male Population	28
Female Population	14
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	500
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 Lagam compares

By the 2011 count Lagam is the 8th largest of the 11 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 121 residents. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Lagam

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

Lagam lies about 16 km from West Kameng, and the nearest railway station is Bhalukpong, about 51 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 Lagam
Tehsil headquarters	Thembang	6.3 km
District headquarters	West Kameng	16 km
Nearest railway station	Bhalukpong	51 km
Nearest town	Dhekiajuli	78 km

Villages closest to Lagam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lagam village had a population of 42. That makes it the 8th largest of the 11 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 121 residents.

Lagam village has 28 males and 14 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lagam has about 500 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

Lagam falls under Thembang tehsil of West Kameng district in Arunachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Lagam is Bhalukpong, about 51 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 Lagam.

Lagam is about 16 km from West Kameng in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lagam is in Thembang tehsil of West Kameng district. Thembang is about 6.3 km away. West Kameng is about 16 km away. Bhalukpong is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.