About Pongtung Village

Pongtung is a mid sized village in Pynursla tehsil, in the district of East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 579, made up of 276 males and 303 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,098 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793112, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pongtung Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pongtung village
Description	Value
State	Meghalaya
District	East Khasi Hills
Tehsil	Pynursla
Pincode	793112
Population	579
Male Population	276
Female Population	303
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,098
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 Pongtung compares

By the 2011 count Pongtung is the 38th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 438 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 998.

Getting to Pongtung

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

Pongtung lies about 22 km from East Khasi Hills, and the nearest railway station is Bamunigaon, about 76 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 Pongtung
District headquarters	East Khasi Hills	22 km
Nearest town	Shella	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pynursla	33 km
Nearest railway station	Bamunigaon	76 km

Villages closest to Pongtung

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pongtung village had a population of 579. That makes it the 38th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 438 residents.

Pongtung village has 276 males and 303 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pongtung has about 1098 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 998.

The pincode recorded for Pongtung is 793112. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pongtung falls under Pynursla tehsil of East Khasi Hills district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to Pongtung is Bamunigaon, about 76 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 Pongtung.

Pongtung is about 22 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.

Pongtung is in Pynursla tehsil of East Khasi Hills district. East Khasi Hills is about 22 km away. Shella is about 24 km away. Pynursla is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.