About Gangtok Forest Block Village

Gangtok Forest Block is a small village in Gangtok tehsil, in the district of East District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 352, made up of 189 males and 163 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 862 females per 1000 males. The village covers 5500.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gangtok Forest Block Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangtok Forest Block village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	East District
Tehsil	Gangtok
Pincode	737101
Area (hectares)	5500.89 hectares
Population	352
Male Population	189
Female Population	163
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	862
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gangtok Forest Block compares

By the 2011 count Gangtok Forest Block is the 60th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,468 residents. Its 5500.89 hectares work out to about 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 898.

Getting to Gangtok Forest Block

Gangtok Forest Block is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gangtok Forest Block as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Gangtok Forest Block from other places

Gangtok Forest Block lies about 9.3 km from East District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 47 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 Gangtok Forest Block
Tehsil headquarters	Gangtok	under 2 km
District headquarters	East District	9.3 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	47 km

Villages closest to Gangtok Forest Block

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 Gangtok Forest Block

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangtok Forest Block village had a population of 352. That makes it the 60th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,468 residents.

Gangtok Forest Block village has 189 males and 163 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangtok Forest Block has about 862 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 898.

The pincode recorded for Gangtok Forest Block is 737101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gangtok Forest Block covers 5500.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gangtok Forest Block falls under Gangtok tehsil of East District district in Sikkim.

The nearest railway station to Gangtok Forest Block is Darjeeling, about 47 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 5 - 10 km distance for Gangtok Forest Block.

Gangtok Forest Block is about 9.3 km from East District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangtok Forest Block is in Gangtok tehsil of East District district. Gangtok is about under 2 km away. East District is about 9.3 km away. Darjeeling is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rawate Rumtek (under 2 km), Rumtek Forest Block (under 2 km) and Shyagyong Rumtek (under 2 km).

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