About Photjaud Rangthong Village

Photjaud Rangthong is a mid sized village in Mawkyrwat tehsil, in the district of West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 608, made up of 293 males and 315 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,075 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Photjaud Rangthong Overview

Census 2011 figures for Photjaud Rangthong village
Description	Value
State	Meghalaya
District	West Khasi Hills
Tehsil	Mawkyrwat
Pincode	793114
Population	608
Male Population	293
Female Population	315
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,075
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 Photjaud Rangthong compares

By the 2011 count Photjaud Rangthong is the 26th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 395 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Photjaud Rangthong

Photjaud Rangthong is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Photjaud Rangthong 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 Photjaud Rangthong from other places

Photjaud Rangthong lies about 35 km from West Khasi Hills, and the nearest railway station is Boko, about 75 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 Photjaud Rangthong
Tehsil headquarters	Mawkyrwat	7.8 km
Nearest town	Nongstoin	23 km
District headquarters	West Khasi Hills	35 km
Nearest railway station	Boko	75 km

Villages closest to Photjaud Rangthong

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mawkyrwat 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 Photjaud Rangthong

As per the Census of India 2011, Photjaud Rangthong village had a population of 608. That makes it the 26th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 395 residents.

Photjaud Rangthong village has 293 males and 315 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Photjaud Rangthong has about 1075 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Photjaud Rangthong is 793114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Photjaud Rangthong falls under Mawkyrwat tehsil of West Khasi Hills district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to Photjaud Rangthong is Boko, about 75 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 Photjaud Rangthong.

Photjaud Rangthong is about 35 km from West Khasi Hills in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Photjaud Rangthong is in Mawkyrwat tehsil of West Khasi Hills district. Mawkyrwat is about 7.8 km away. Nongstoin is about 23 km away. West Khasi Hills is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rangthong Nongbah (under 2 km), Mawlangwir (6.6 km) and Mawkyrwat (7.8 km).

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