About Namok Village

Namok is a small village in Gangtok tehsil, in the district of East District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 442, made up of 236 males and 206 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 873 females per 1000 males. The village covers 46.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Namok Overview

Census 2011 figures for Namok village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	East District
Tehsil	Gangtok
Pincode	737101
Area (hectares)	46.91 hectares
Population	442
Male Population	236
Female Population	206
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	873
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Namok compares

By the 2011 count Namok is the 53rd 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 46.91 hectares work out to about 9.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 898.

Getting to Namok

Namok is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Namok as Available within 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. The nearest villages by name are Martam, Naitam, Namgeythang and Namin. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Namok

As per the Census of India 2011, Namok village had a population of 442. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,468 residents.

Namok village has 236 males and 206 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Namok has about 873 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 Namok is 737101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Namok covers 46.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The census record for Namok notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Namok.

Namok is in Gangtok tehsil of East District district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.