About Bapung Skur Village

Bapung Skur is a large village in Khliehriat tehsil, in the district of Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,289, made up of 1,138 males and 1,151 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793160, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bapung Skur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bapung Skur village
Description	Value
State	Meghalaya
District	Jaintia Hills
Tehsil	Khliehriat
Pincode	793160
Population	2,289
Male Population	1,138
Female Population	1,151
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,011
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bapung Skur compares

By the 2011 count Bapung Skur is the 7th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 827 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Bapung Skur

Bapung Skur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bapung Skur as Available within village. 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 Bapung Skur from other places

Bapung Skur lies about 7.8 km from Jaintia Hills, and the nearest railway station is Hilara, about 59 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 Bapung Skur
Tehsil headquarters	Khliehriat	7.8 km
District headquarters	Jaintia Hills	7.8 km
Nearest town	Jowai	12 km
Nearest railway station	Hilara	59 km

Villages closest to Bapung Skur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Khliehriat 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 Bapung Skur

As per the Census of India 2011, Bapung Skur village had a population of 2,289. That makes it the 7th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 827 residents.

Bapung Skur village has 1,138 males and 1,151 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bapung Skur has about 1011 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Bapung Skur is 793160. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bapung Skur falls under Khliehriat tehsil of Jaintia Hills district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to Bapung Skur is Hilara, about 59 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Bapung Skur.

Bapung Skur is about 7.8 km from Jaintia Hills in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bapung Skur is in Khliehriat tehsil of Jaintia Hills district. Khliehriat is about 7.8 km away. Jaintia Hills is about 7.8 km away. Jowai is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.