About Tongseng Village

Tongseng is a small village in Khliehriat tehsil, in the district of Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 486, made up of 230 males and 256 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,113 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793160, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tongseng Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tongseng village
Description	Value
State	Meghalaya
District	Jaintia Hills
Tehsil	Khliehriat
Pincode	793160
Population	486
Male Population	230
Female Population	256
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,113
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Tongseng compares

By the 2011 count Tongseng is the 50th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below 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 Tongseng

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

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 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 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.

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Common questions about Tongseng

As per the Census of India 2011, Tongseng village had a population of 486. That makes it the 50th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 827 residents.

Tongseng village has 230 males and 256 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tongseng has about 1113 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1002.

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

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

The nearest railway station to 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 Tongseng.

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.

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.