About Daistong Village

Daistong is a mid sized village in Saipung tehsil, in the district of Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 596, made up of 311 males and 285 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 916 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793200, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Daistong Overview

Census 2011 figures for Daistong village
Description	Value
State	Meghalaya
District	Jaintia Hills
Tehsil	Saipung
Pincode	793200
Population	596
Male Population	311
Female Population	285
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	916
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Daistong compares

By the 2011 count Daistong is the 22nd largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 425 residents. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 959.

Getting to Daistong

Daistong is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Daistong as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Artan, Bambaithol, Bamkhosngi and Bangla. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Daistong

As per the Census of India 2011, Daistong village had a population of 596. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 425 residents.

Daistong village has 311 males and 285 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Daistong has about 916 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 959.

The pincode recorded for Daistong is 793200. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Daistong falls under Saipung tehsil of Jaintia Hills district in Meghalaya.

The census record for Daistong notes the nearest railway station 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 5 - 10 km distance for Daistong.

Daistong is in Saipung tehsil of Jaintia Hills district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.