About Mangthang Village

Mangthang is a mid sized village in Gangtok tehsil, in the district of East District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 575, made up of 306 males and 269 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 207.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737134, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mangthang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mangthang village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	East District
Tehsil	Gangtok
Pincode	737134
Area (hectares)	207.04 hectares
Population	575
Male Population	306
Female Population	269
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	879
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mangthang compares

By the 2011 count Mangthang is the 45th 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 207.04 hectares work out to about 2.8 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 Mangthang

Mangthang is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Mangthang as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Mangthang from other places

Mangthang lies about 31 km from East District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 58 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 Mangthang
Tehsil headquarters	Gangtok	22 km
District headquarters	East District	31 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	58 km

Villages closest to Mangthang

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 Mangthang

As per the Census of India 2011, Mangthang village had a population of 575. That makes it the 45th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,468 residents.

Mangthang village has 306 males and 269 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mangthang has about 879 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 Mangthang is 737134. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mangthang covers 207.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Mangthang is Darjeeling, about 58 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 5 - 10 km distance for Mangthang.

Mangthang is about 31 km from East District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mangthang is in Gangtok tehsil of East District district. Gangtok is about 22 km away. East District is about 31 km away. Darjeeling is about 58 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.