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About Lum Tongseng Village

Lum Tongseng is a small village in Khliehriat tehsil, in the district of Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 102, made up of 53 males and 49 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793160, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lum Tongseng Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lum Tongseng village
Description Value
State Meghalaya
District Jaintia Hills
Tehsil Khliehriat
Pincode 793160
Population 102
Male Population 53
Female Population 49
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 925
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Lum Tongseng compares

By the 2011 count Lum Tongseng is the 95th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 827 residents. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Lum Tongseng

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

Lum Tongseng lies about 14 km from Jaintia Hills, and the nearest railway station is Ditokcherra, about 40 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 Lum Tongseng
Tehsil headquarters Khliehriat 14 km
District headquarters Jaintia Hills 14 km
Nearest town Jowai 34 km
Nearest railway station Ditokcherra 40 km

Villages closest to Lum Tongseng

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.

Common questions about Lum Tongseng

As per the Census of India 2011, Lum Tongseng village had a population of 102. That makes it the 95th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 827 residents.

Lum Tongseng village has 53 males and 49 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lum Tongseng has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1002.

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

Lum Tongseng falls under Khliehriat tehsil of Jaintia Hills district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to Lum Tongseng is Ditokcherra, about 40 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 Lum Tongseng.

Lum Tongseng is about 14 km from Jaintia Hills in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lum Tongseng is in Khliehriat tehsil of Jaintia Hills district. Khliehriat is about 14 km away. Jaintia Hills is about 14 km away. Jowai is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tongseng (under 2 km), Um Lawang (5.7 km) and Sutnga (8.1 km).

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

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