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Over 16,000 Women in Arunachal Achieve ‘Lakhpati Didi’ Status
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Kothung is a village in Namtok Eac mandal, Changlang district, Arunachal Pradesh, with a population of 230 across 54 households. It has a literacy rate of 45.2%.
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- LGD code
- 264138
- Pincode
- 792120
- Post office
- Changlang
- Population
- 230
- Households
- 54
- Literacy rate
- 45.2%
- Sex ratio
- 885 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 102
- Distance to district centre
- 308 km
- Distance to Itanagar
- 199 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 876 km
- Nearest railway station
- Margherita · 42 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- District Hospital, Khonsa · 14 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kothung compares
By population, Kothung ranks #7 of 17 villages in Namtok Eac mandal.
Literacy rate
%
45.2%
+8.8% vs mandal average
- Kothung
- 45.2%
- Namtok Eac mandal
- 36.4%
- Changlang district
- 49.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
885
−60 vs mandal average
- Kothung
- 885
- Namtok Eac mandal
- 945
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.7 vs mandal average
- Kothung
- 4.3
- Namtok Eac mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kothung at a glance
Kothung is a village of 230 people in 54 households (Census 2011) in Namtok Eac block, Changlang district, Arunachal Pradesh, the 7th-largest of 17 villages in Namtok Eac block. Literacy is 45%, 9 points above the block average of 36% and the sex ratio is 885 women per 1,000 men. It lies 308 km from the Changlang district centre, 42 km from Margherita railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 792120, served by Changlang post office; the LGD village code is 264138. The nearest hospital or health centre is District Hospital, Khonsa, 14 km away. The village votes in Khonsa West assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chakat Aboh. The population is estimated at 271 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Longpha →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kothung · this village | 230 | 45% | — |
| Lower Kolam · Laju Sdo | 380 | 27% | 2.2 km NW |
| Upper Kolam · Laju Sdo | 636 | 25% | 2.7 km N |
| Lazu · Laju Sdo | 1,533 | 13% | 3.2 km SW |
| Kongsa · Namtok Eac | 250 | 55% | 4.4 km NE |
| Nogna · Laju Sdo | 395 | 38% | 4.4 km NE |
| Noglo · Laju Sdo | 673 | 23% | 5.7 km S |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kothung
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- All-weather road
- No
- Total area (ha)
- 0
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kothung
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Key facts — Kothung
- LGD code
- 264138
- Pincode
- 792120
- Post office
- Changlang
- Population (Census 2011)
- 230
- Population (projected 2026)
- 271
- Households
- 54
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 885
- Literacy rate
- 45.2%
- Coordinates
- 26.91266°N, 95.60602°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Arunachal East
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Khonsa West
- Member of Parliament
- Tapir Gao
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Chakat Aboh
- Block / Mandal
- Namtok Eac
- Nearest PHC
- Chandura Health Center (270.9 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Lumding Junction (274.6 km)
Getting there
How to reach Kothung
Distance to cities · straight line
- Itanagar199 kmcapital
- Kolkata876 km
- Delhi1818 km
- Hyderabad2054 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMargherita42 km
- Hospital / PHCDistrict Hospital, Khonsa14 km
- CollegeSapekhati College49 km
- Police stationSPK.PS49 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 792120
- GaralineNamtok Eac mandal564 pop
- LaktongChanglang Hq mandal543 pop
- YanmanKhimiyang Eac mandal535 pop
- Old ChanglangChanglang Hq mandal488 pop
- RanchilineNamtok Eac mandal434 pop
- Jongji HaviKhimiyang Eac mandal414 pop
- Ranggringkan - I - IIINamtok Eac mandal412 pop
- Old NamtokNamtok Eac mandal376 pop
- KengkhuChanglang Hq mandal368 pop
Villages near Kothung
Other villages in Namtok Eac mandal
View all 16 →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)