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About Khamdong Village

Khamdong is a mid sized village in Gangtok tehsil, in the district of East District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,669, made up of 896 males and 773 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 863 females per 1000 males. The village covers 278.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737134, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khamdong Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khamdong village
Description Value
State Sikkim
District East District
Tehsil Gangtok
Pincode 737134
Area (hectares) 278.39 hectares
Population 1,669
Male Population 896
Female Population 773
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 863
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khamdong compares

By the 2011 count Khamdong is the 22nd largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,468 residents. Its 278.39 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 898.

Getting to Khamdong

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

Khamdong lies about 29 km from East District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 16 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 Khamdong
Nearest railway station Darjeeling 16 km
Nearest town Dārjiling 17 km
District headquarters East District 29 km
Tehsil headquarters Gangtok 32 km

Villages closest to Khamdong

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.

Common questions about Khamdong

As per the Census of India 2011, Khamdong village had a population of 1,669. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,468 residents.

Khamdong village has 896 males and 773 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khamdong has about 863 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 Khamdong is 737134. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khamdong covers 278.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Khamdong is Darjeeling, about 16 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 Khamdong.

Khamdong is about 29 km from East District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khamdong is in Gangtok tehsil of East District district. Darjeeling is about 16 km away. Dārjiling is about 17 km away. East District is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rakdong (under 2 km), Barbing (7.6 km) and Parbing (7.6 km).

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

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