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About Namgeythang Village

Namgeythang is a small village in Gangtok tehsil, in the district of East District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 451, made up of 224 males and 227 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 184.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737134, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Namgeythang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Namgeythang village
Description Value
State Sikkim
District East District
Tehsil Gangtok
Pincode 737134
Area (hectares) 184.64 hectares
Population 451
Male Population 224
Female Population 227
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,013
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Namgeythang compares

By the 2011 count Namgeythang is the 52nd 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 184.64 hectares work out to about 2.4 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 Namgeythang

Namgeythang is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Namgeythang as Available within <5 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 Namgeythang from other places

Namgeythang lies about 16 km from East District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 25 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 Namgeythang
District headquarters East District 16 km
Nearest town Kālimpong 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Gangtok 22 km
Nearest railway station Darjeeling 25 km

Villages closest to Namgeythang

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.

Common questions about Namgeythang

As per the Census of India 2011, Namgeythang village had a population of 451. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,468 residents.

Namgeythang village has 224 males and 227 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Namgeythang has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 898.

The pincode recorded for Namgeythang is 737134. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Namgeythang covers 184.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Namgeythang is Darjeeling, about 25 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Namgeythang.

Namgeythang is about 16 km from East District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Namgeythang is in Gangtok tehsil of East District district. East District is about 16 km away. Kālimpong is about 21 km away. Gangtok is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rangpo Forest Block (5.8 km), Beng (6.0 km) and Barbing (7.1 km).

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

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