About Wahkhen Village

Wahkhen 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 1,347, made up of 671 males and 676 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,007 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793110, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Wahkhen Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wahkhen village
Description	Value
State	Meghalaya
District	East Khasi Hills
Tehsil	Pynursla
Pincode	793110
Population	1,347
Male Population	671
Female Population	676
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,007
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 Wahkhen compares

By the 2011 count Wahkhen is the 8th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 438 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 998.

Getting to Wahkhen

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

Wahkhen lies about 10 km from East Khasi Hills, and the nearest railway station is শাহবাজপুর, about 72 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 Wahkhen
Tehsil headquarters	Pynursla	6.4 km
District headquarters	East Khasi Hills	10 km
Nearest town	Nongthymmai	25 km
Nearest railway station	শাহবাজপুর	72 km

Villages closest to Wahkhen

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 Wahkhen

As per the Census of India 2011, Wahkhen village had a population of 1,347. That makes it the 8th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 438 residents.

Wahkhen village has 671 males and 676 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wahkhen has about 1007 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 998.

The pincode recorded for Wahkhen is 793110. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

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

The nearest railway station to Wahkhen is শাহবাজপুর, about 72 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 Wahkhen.

Wahkhen is about 10 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.

Wahkhen is in Pynursla tehsil of East Khasi Hills district. Pynursla is about 6.4 km away. East Khasi Hills is about 10 km away. Nongthymmai is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.