About Kambal Village

Kambal is a mid sized village in Gangtok tehsil, in the district of East District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,049, made up of 542 males and 507 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 355.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kambal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kambal village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	East District
Tehsil	Gangtok
Pincode	737107
Area (hectares)	355.19 hectares
Population	1,049
Male Population	542
Female Population	507
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	935
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kambal compares

By the 2011 count Kambal is the 33rd largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,468 residents. Its 355.19 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 898.

Getting to Kambal

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

Kambal lies about 3.8 km from East District, and the nearest railway station is Bagrakot, about 38 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 Kambal
District headquarters	East District	3.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gangtok	13 km
Nearest railway station	Bagrakot	38 km

Villages closest to Kambal

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 Kambal

As per the Census of India 2011, Kambal village had a population of 1,049. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,468 residents.

Kambal village has 542 males and 507 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kambal has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 898.

The pincode recorded for Kambal is 737107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kambal covers 355.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Kambal is Bagrakot, about 38 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 Kambal.

Kambal is about 3.8 km from East District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kambal is in Gangtok tehsil of East District district. East District is about 3.8 km away. Gangtok is about 13 km away. Bagrakot is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.