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About Pombot Village

Pombot is a small village in Mylliem tehsil, in the district of East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 224, made up of 112 males and 112 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793009, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pombot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pombot village
Description Value
State Meghalaya
District East Khasi Hills
Tehsil Mylliem
Pincode 793009
Population 224
Male Population 112
Female Population 112
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
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 Pombot compares

By the 2011 count Pombot is the 82nd largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 928 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1035.

Getting to Pombot

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

Pombot lies about 7.0 km from East Khasi Hills, and the nearest railway station is Kamalajari, about 68 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 Pombot
Tehsil headquarters Mylliem 1.6 km
District headquarters East Khasi Hills 7.0 km
Nearest town Shillong 12 km
Nearest railway station Kamalajari 68 km

Villages closest to Pombot

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

Common questions about Pombot

As per the Census of India 2011, Pombot village had a population of 224. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 928 residents.

Pombot village has 112 males and 112 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pombot has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1035.

The pincode recorded for Pombot is 793009. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pombot falls under Mylliem tehsil of East Khasi Hills district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to Pombot is Kamalajari, about 68 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 Pombot.

Pombot is about 7.0 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.

Pombot is in Mylliem tehsil of East Khasi Hills district. Mylliem is about 1.6 km away. East Khasi Hills is about 7.0 km away. Shillong is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Umsaw (5.4 km), Lawmei (7.6 km) and Lawmei Pdengshnong (7.6 km).

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

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