About Porshken Village

Porshken is a small village in Mawshynrut tehsil, in the district of West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 90, made up of 48 males and 42 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Porshken Overview

Census 2011 figures for Porshken village
Description	Value
State	Meghalaya
District	West Khasi Hills
Tehsil	Mawshynrut
Pincode	793120
Population	90
Male Population	48
Female Population	42
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	875
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 Porshken compares

By the 2011 count Porshken is the 254th largest of the 311 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 235 residents. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Porshken

Porshken is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Porshken 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. The nearest villages by name are Porlangbri, Pormawlai, Pormawthar and Pormawthaw. 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 Porshken

As per the Census of India 2011, Porshken village had a population of 90. That makes it the 254th largest of the 311 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 235 residents.

Porshken village has 48 males and 42 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Porshken has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 963.

The pincode recorded for Porshken is 793120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Porshken falls under Mawshynrut tehsil of West Khasi Hills district in Meghalaya.

The census record for Porshken 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 10+ km distance for Porshken.

Porshken is in Mawshynrut tehsil of West Khasi 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.