About Penlong Village

Penlong is a mid sized village in Gangtok tehsil, in the district of East District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,022, made up of 521 males and 501 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 962 females per 1000 males. The village covers 182.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Penlong Overview

Census 2011 figures for Penlong village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	East District
Tehsil	Gangtok
Pincode	737101
Area (hectares)	182.41 hectares
Population	1,022
Male Population	521
Female Population	501
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	962
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Penlong compares

By the 2011 count Penlong is the 34th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,468 residents. Its 182.41 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 898.

Getting to Penlong

Penlong is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Penlong 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Penlong from other places

Penlong lies about 15 km from East District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 50 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 Penlong
Tehsil headquarters	Gangtok	5.3 km
District headquarters	East District	15 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	50 km

Villages closest to Penlong

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 Penlong

As per the Census of India 2011, Penlong village had a population of 1,022. That makes it the 34th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,468 residents.

Penlong village has 521 males and 501 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Penlong has about 962 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 898.

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

Penlong covers 182.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Penlong is Darjeeling, about 50 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Penlong.

Penlong is about 15 km from East District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Penlong is in Gangtok tehsil of East District district. Gangtok is about 5.3 km away. East District is about 15 km away. Darjeeling is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.