About Latyrke Village

Latyrke is a mid sized village in Saipung tehsil, in the district of Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,120, made up of 559 males and 561 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,004 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793200, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Latyrke Overview

Census 2011 figures for Latyrke village
Description	Value
State	Meghalaya
District	Jaintia Hills
Tehsil	Saipung
Pincode	793200
Population	1,120
Male Population	559
Female Population	561
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,004
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Latyrke compares

By the 2011 count Latyrke is the 5th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 425 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 959.

Getting to Latyrke

Latyrke is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Latyrke as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Latyrke from other places

Latyrke lies about 9.5 km from Jaintia Hills, and the nearest railway station is Ditokcherra, about 44 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 Latyrke
District headquarters	Jaintia Hills	9.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Saipung	21 km
Nearest town	Jowai	29 km
Nearest railway station	Ditokcherra	44 km

Villages closest to Latyrke

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Saipung 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 Latyrke

As per the Census of India 2011, Latyrke village had a population of 1,120. That makes it the 5th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 425 residents.

Latyrke village has 559 males and 561 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Latyrke has about 1004 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 959.

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

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

The nearest railway station to Latyrke is Ditokcherra, about 44 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 10+ km distance for Latyrke.

Latyrke is about 9.5 km from Jaintia Hills in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Latyrke is in Saipung tehsil of Jaintia Hills district. Jaintia Hills is about 9.5 km away. Saipung is about 21 km away. Jowai is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.