About Namin Village

Namin is a small village in Gangtok tehsil, in the district of East District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 304, made up of 144 males and 160 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,111 females per 1000 males. The village covers 96.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737135, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Namin Overview

Census 2011 figures for Namin village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	East District
Tehsil	Gangtok
Pincode	737135
Area (hectares)	96.95 hectares
Population	304
Male Population	144
Female Population	160
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,111
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Namin compares

By the 2011 count Namin is the 62nd 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 96.95 hectares work out to about 3.1 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 Namin

Namin is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Namin 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. The nearest villages by name are Luing, Mangthang, Martam and Naitam. 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 Namin

As per the Census of India 2011, Namin village had a population of 304. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,468 residents.

Namin village has 144 males and 160 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Namin has about 1111 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 898.

The pincode recorded for Namin is 737135. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Namin covers 96.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Namin 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 5 - 10 km distance for Namin.

Namin 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.