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About Tukunasami Village

Tukunasami is a small village in Satakha tehsil, in the district of Zunheboto, Nagaland. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 458, made up of 251 males and 207 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 825 females per 1000 males. The village covers 202 hectares hectares.

Tukunasami Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tukunasami village
Description Value
State Nagaland
District Zunheboto
Tehsil Satakha
Area (hectares) 202 hectares
Population 458
Male Population 251
Female Population 207
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 825
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 Tukunasami compares

By the 2011 count Tukunasami is the 12th largest of the 19 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 534 residents. Its 202 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Tukunasami

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

Tukunasami lies about 13 km from Zunheboto, and the nearest railway station is Naojan, about 58 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 Tukunasami
Tehsil headquarters Satakha 4.9 km
District headquarters Zunheboto 13 km
Nearest railway station Naojan 58 km

Villages closest to Tukunasami

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

Common questions about Tukunasami

As per the Census of India 2011, Tukunasami village had a population of 458. That makes it the 12th largest of the 19 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 534 residents.

Tukunasami village has 251 males and 207 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tukunasami has about 825 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 986.

Tukunasami covers 202 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Tukunasami falls under Satakha tehsil of Zunheboto district in Nagaland.

The nearest railway station to Tukunasami is Naojan, about 58 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 Tukunasami.

Tukunasami is about 13 km from Zunheboto in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tukunasami is in Satakha tehsil of Zunheboto district. Satakha is about 4.9 km away. Zunheboto is about 13 km away. Naojan is about 58 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shoipu (4.1 km), Khukiye (4.3 km) and Satakha Hq (4.9 km).

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

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