About Yikhum Village

Yikhum is a large village in Englan tehsil, in the district of Wokha, Nagaland. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,174, made up of 1,571 males and 1,603 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 797111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Yikhum Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yikhum village
Description	Value
State	Nagaland
District	Wokha
Tehsil	Englan
Pincode	797111
Population	3,174
Male Population	1,571
Female Population	1,603
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,020
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Yikhum compares

By the 2011 count Yikhum is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,254 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 922.

Getting to Yikhum

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

Yikhum lies about 7.5 km from Wokha, and the nearest railway station is Barpathar, about 36 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 Yikhum
Tehsil headquarters	Englan	under 2 km
District headquarters	Wokha	7.5 km
Nearest railway station	Barpathar	36 km

Villages closest to Yikhum

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Yikhum village had a population of 3,174. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,254 residents.

Yikhum village has 1,571 males and 1,603 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yikhum has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 922.

The pincode recorded for Yikhum is 797111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Yikhum falls under Englan tehsil of Wokha district in Nagaland.

The nearest railway station to Yikhum is Barpathar, about 36 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 Yikhum.

Yikhum is about 7.5 km from Wokha in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Yikhum is in Englan tehsil of Wokha district. Englan is about under 2 km away. Wokha is about 7.5 km away. Barpathar is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.