About Luing Village

Luing is a large village in Gangtok tehsil, in the district of East District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,019, made up of 1,037 males and 982 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 947 females per 1000 males. The village covers 416.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Luing Overview

Census 2011 figures for Luing village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	East District
Tehsil	Gangtok
Pincode	737101
Area (hectares)	416.42 hectares
Population	2,019
Male Population	1,037
Female Population	982
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	947
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Luing compares

By the 2011 count Luing is the 16th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,468 residents. Its 416.42 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 898.

Getting to Luing

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

Luing lies about 2.8 km from East District, and the nearest railway station is Bagrakot, about 39 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 Luing
District headquarters	East District	2.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gangtok	12 km
Nearest railway station	Bagrakot	39 km

Villages closest to Luing

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 Luing

As per the Census of India 2011, Luing village had a population of 2,019. That makes it the 16th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,468 residents.

Luing village has 1,037 males and 982 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Luing has about 947 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 898.

The pincode recorded for Luing is 737101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Luing covers 416.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Luing is Bagrakot, about 39 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 Luing.

Luing is about 2.8 km from East District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Luing is in Gangtok tehsil of East District district. East District is about 2.8 km away. Gangtok is about 12 km away. Bagrakot is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.