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About Jongjung Village

Jongjung is a small village in Silonijan tehsil, in the district of Karbi Anglong, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 148, made up of 86 males and 62 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 721 females per 1000 males. The village covers 41 hectares hectares.

Jongjung Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jongjung village
Description Value
State Assam
District Karbi Anglong
Tehsil Silonijan
Area (hectares) 41 hectares
Population 148
Male Population 86
Female Population 62
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 721
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Jongjung compares

By the 2011 count Jongjung is the 170th largest of the 338 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 259 residents. Its 41 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 985.

Getting to Jongjung

Jongjung is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Jongjung as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Jar Engleng, Jar Taro, Jathe Ronghang and Jong Hong Anglong. 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 Jongjung

As per the Census of India 2011, Jongjung village had a population of 148. That makes it the 170th largest of the 338 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 259 residents.

Jongjung village has 86 males and 62 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jongjung has about 721 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 985.

Jongjung covers 41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Jongjung falls under Silonijan tehsil of Karbi Anglong district in Assam.

The census record for Jongjung notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Jongjung.

Jongjung is in Silonijan tehsil of Karbi Anglong 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 Jongjung today is likely to be higher.

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