About Dung Dung Village

Dung Dung is a large village in Gangtok tehsil, in the district of East District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,194, made up of 1,130 males and 1,064 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. The village covers 651.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737134, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dung Dung Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dung Dung village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	East District
Tehsil	Gangtok
Pincode	737134
Area (hectares)	651.14 hectares
Population	2,194
Male Population	1,130
Female Population	1,064
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	942
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dung Dung compares

By the 2011 count Dung Dung is the 14th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,468 residents. Its 651.14 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 898.

Getting to Dung Dung

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

Dung Dung lies about 22 km from East District, and the nearest railway station is Sivok, 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 Dung Dung
Nearest town	Kālimpong	11 km
Nearest railway station	Sivok	21 km
District headquarters	East District	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gangtok	31 km

Villages closest to Dung Dung

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 Dung Dung

As per the Census of India 2011, Dung Dung village had a population of 2,194. That makes it the 14th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,468 residents.

Dung Dung village has 1,130 males and 1,064 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dung Dung has about 942 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 898.

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

Dung Dung covers 651.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Dung Dung is Sivok, 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 Dung Dung.

Dung Dung is about 22 km from East District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dung Dung is in Gangtok tehsil of East District district. Kālimpong is about 11 km away. Sivok is about 21 km away. East District is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.