About Bataw Village

Bataw is a mid sized village in Khliehriat tehsil, in the district of Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,509, made up of 739 males and 770 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,042 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793160, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bataw Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bataw village
Description	Value
State	Meghalaya
District	Jaintia Hills
Tehsil	Khliehriat
Pincode	793160
Population	1,509
Male Population	739
Female Population	770
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,042
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bataw compares

By the 2011 count Bataw is the 19th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 827 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Bataw

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

Bataw lies about 19 km from Jaintia Hills, and the nearest railway station is Longai, about 43 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 Bataw
Tehsil headquarters	Khliehriat	19 km
District headquarters	Jaintia Hills	19 km
Nearest town	Jowai	24 km
Nearest railway station	Longai	43 km

Villages closest to Bataw

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 Bataw

As per the Census of India 2011, Bataw village had a population of 1,509. That makes it the 19th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 827 residents.

Bataw village has 739 males and 770 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bataw has about 1042 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1002.

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

Bataw falls under Khliehriat tehsil of Jaintia Hills district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to Bataw is Longai, about 43 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 Bataw.

Bataw is about 19 km from Jaintia Hills in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bataw is in Khliehriat tehsil of Jaintia Hills district. Khliehriat is about 19 km away. Jaintia Hills is about 19 km away. Jowai is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.