About Budang Thangsing Village

Budang Thangsing is a mid sized village in Gangtok tehsil, in the district of East District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 677, made up of 355 males and 322 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 281.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737134, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Budang Thangsing Overview

Census 2011 figures for Budang Thangsing village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	East District
Tehsil	Gangtok
Pincode	737134
Area (hectares)	281.73 hectares
Population	677
Male Population	355
Female Population	322
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	907
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Budang Thangsing compares

By the 2011 count Budang Thangsing is the 42nd largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,468 residents. Its 281.73 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 898.

Getting to Budang Thangsing

Budang Thangsing is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Budang Thangsing as Available within 5 - 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 Budang Thangsing from other places

Budang Thangsing lies about 6.9 km from East District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 34 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 Budang Thangsing
District headquarters	East District	6.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gangtok	14 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	34 km

Villages closest to Budang Thangsing

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 Budang Thangsing

As per the Census of India 2011, Budang Thangsing village had a population of 677. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,468 residents.

Budang Thangsing village has 355 males and 322 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Budang Thangsing has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 898.

The pincode recorded for Budang Thangsing is 737134. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Budang Thangsing covers 281.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Budang Thangsing falls under Gangtok tehsil of East District district in Sikkim.

The nearest railway station to Budang Thangsing is Darjeeling, about 34 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Budang Thangsing.

Budang Thangsing is about 6.9 km from East District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Budang Thangsing is in Gangtok tehsil of East District district. East District is about 6.9 km away. Gangtok is about 14 km away. Darjeeling is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.