About Syntung Village

Syntung is a mid sized village in Mawkynrew tehsil, in the district of East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 948, made up of 501 males and 447 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793015, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Syntung Overview

Census 2011 figures for Syntung village
Description	Value
State	Meghalaya
District	East Khasi Hills
Tehsil	Mawkynrew
Pincode	793015
Population	948
Male Population	501
Female Population	447
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	892
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Syntung compares

By the 2011 count Syntung is the 11th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 656 residents. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Syntung

Syntung is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Syntung as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Syntung from other places

Syntung lies about 27 km from East Khasi Hills, and the nearest railway station is Longai, about 63 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 Syntung
Tehsil headquarters	Mawkynrew	11 km
Nearest town	Jowai	17 km
District headquarters	East Khasi Hills	27 km
Nearest railway station	Longai	63 km

Villages closest to Syntung

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Syntung village had a population of 948. That makes it the 11th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Syntung village has 501 males and 447 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Syntung has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Syntung is 793015. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Syntung falls under Mawkynrew tehsil of East Khasi Hills district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to Syntung is Longai, about 63 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 village for Syntung.

Syntung is about 27 km from East Khasi Hills in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Syntung is in Mawkynrew tehsil of East Khasi Hills district. Mawkynrew is about 11 km away. Jowai is about 17 km away. East Khasi Hills is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.