About Ialong Village

Ialong is a large village in Thadlaskein tehsil, in the district of Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,088, made up of 1,514 males and 1,574 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,040 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ialong Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ialong village
Description	Value
State	Meghalaya
District	Jaintia Hills
Tehsil	Thadlaskein
Pincode	793151
Population	3,088
Male Population	1,514
Female Population	1,574
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,040
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ialong compares

By the 2011 count Ialong is the 7th largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 882 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Ialong

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

Ialong lies about 16 km from Jaintia Hills, and the nearest railway station is Hilara, about 68 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 Ialong
Nearest town	Jowai	6.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Thadlaskein	9.1 km
District headquarters	Jaintia Hills	16 km
Nearest railway station	Hilara	68 km

Villages closest to Ialong

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ialong village had a population of 3,088. That makes it the 7th largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 882 residents.

Ialong village has 1,514 males and 1,574 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ialong has about 1040 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Ialong is 793151. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ialong falls under Thadlaskein tehsil of Jaintia Hills district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to Ialong is Hilara, about 68 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 Ialong.

Ialong is about 16 km from Jaintia Hills in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ialong is in Thadlaskein tehsil of Jaintia Hills district. Jowai is about 6.9 km away. Thadlaskein is about 9.1 km away. Jaintia Hills is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.