About Martam Village

Martam is a large village in Gangtok tehsil, in the district of East District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,720, made up of 2,001 males and 1,719 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 859 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1013.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737135, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Martam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Martam village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	East District
Tehsil	Gangtok
Pincode	737135
Area (hectares)	1013.46 hectares
Population	3,720
Male Population	2,001
Female Population	1,719
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	859
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Martam compares

By the 2011 count Martam is the 5th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,468 residents. Its 1013.46 hectares work out to about 3.7 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 Martam

Martam is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Martam as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Lingdok, Lingdum, Lingzey and Luing. 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 Martam

As per the Census of India 2011, Martam village had a population of 3,720. That makes it the 5th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,468 residents.

Martam village has 2,001 males and 1,719 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Martam has about 859 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 Martam is 737135. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Martam covers 1013.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

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

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Martam.

Martam 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.