About Barbing Village

Barbing is a mid sized village in Gangtok tehsil, in the district of East District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,276, made up of 635 males and 641 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,009 females per 1000 males. The village covers 199.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barbing Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barbing village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	East District
Tehsil	Gangtok
Pincode	737101
Area (hectares)	199.63 hectares
Population	1,276
Male Population	635
Female Population	641
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,009
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barbing compares

By the 2011 count Barbing is the 28th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,468 residents. Its 199.63 hectares work out to about 6.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 898.

Getting to Barbing

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

Barbing lies about 21 km from East District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 21 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 Barbing
District headquarters	East District	21 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	21 km
Nearest town	Dārjiling	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gangtok	26 km

Villages closest to Barbing

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barbing village had a population of 1,276. That makes it the 28th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,468 residents.

Barbing village has 635 males and 641 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barbing has about 1009 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 898.

The pincode recorded for Barbing is 737101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barbing covers 199.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Barbing falls under Gangtok tehsil of East District district in Sikkim.

The nearest railway station to Barbing is Darjeeling, about 21 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Barbing.

Barbing is about 21 km from East District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barbing is in Gangtok tehsil of East District district. East District is about 21 km away. Darjeeling is about 21 km away. Dārjiling is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.