About Lingzey Village

Lingzey is a small village in Gangtok tehsil, in the district of East District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 384, made up of 200 males and 184 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 341.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737138, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lingzey Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lingzey village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	East District
Tehsil	Gangtok
Pincode	737138
Area (hectares)	341.08 hectares
Population	384
Male Population	200
Female Population	184
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	920
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Lingzey compares

By the 2011 count Lingzey is the 57th 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 341.08 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 898.

Getting to Lingzey

Lingzey is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Lingzey as Available within 5 - 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Lingzey from other places

Lingzey lies about 11 km from East District, and the nearest railway station is New Mal Junction, about 32 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 Lingzey
District headquarters	East District	11 km
Nearest town	Kālimpong	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gangtok	19 km
Nearest railway station	New Mal Junction	32 km

Villages closest to Lingzey

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 Lingzey

As per the Census of India 2011, Lingzey village had a population of 384. That makes it the 57th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,468 residents.

Lingzey village has 200 males and 184 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lingzey has about 920 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 Lingzey is 737138. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lingzey covers 341.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Lingzey is New Mal Junction, about 32 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Lingzey.

Lingzey is about 11 km from East District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lingzey is in Gangtok tehsil of East District district. East District is about 11 km away. Kālimpong is about 15 km away. Gangtok is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.