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About Naitam Village

Naitam is a mid sized village in Gangtok tehsil, in the district of East District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,265, made up of 628 males and 637 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 432.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Naitam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Naitam village
Description Value
State Sikkim
District East District
Tehsil Gangtok
Pincode 737101
Area (hectares) 432.04 hectares
Population 1,265
Male Population 628
Female Population 637
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,014
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Naitam compares

By the 2011 count Naitam is the 29th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,468 residents. Its 432.04 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 898.

Getting to Naitam

Naitam is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Naitam as Available within 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. The nearest villages by name are Lingdum, Lingzey, Luing and Mangthang. 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.

Common questions about Naitam

As per the Census of India 2011, Naitam village had a population of 1,265. That makes it the 29th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,468 residents.

Naitam village has 628 males and 637 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Naitam has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 898.

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

Naitam covers 432.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

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

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Naitam.

Naitam 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.

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

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