About Rakdong Village

Rakdong is a large village in Gangtok tehsil, in the district of East District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,409, made up of 1,261 males and 1,148 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 910 females per 1000 males. The village covers 928.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rakdong Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rakdong village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	East District
Tehsil	Gangtok
Pincode	737107
Area (hectares)	928.29 hectares
Population	2,409
Male Population	1,261
Female Population	1,148
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	910
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rakdong compares

By the 2011 count Rakdong is the 11th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,468 residents. Its 928.29 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 898.

Getting to Rakdong

Rakdong is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Rakdong as Available within village. 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 Rakdong from other places

Rakdong lies about 29 km from East District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 16 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 Rakdong
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	16 km
Nearest town	Dārjiling	17 km
District headquarters	East District	29 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gangtok	32 km

Villages closest to Rakdong

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 Rakdong

As per the Census of India 2011, Rakdong village had a population of 2,409. That makes it the 11th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,468 residents.

Rakdong village has 1,261 males and 1,148 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rakdong has about 910 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 898.

The pincode recorded for Rakdong is 737107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rakdong covers 928.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Rakdong is Darjeeling, about 16 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 10+ km distance for Rakdong.

Rakdong is about 29 km from East District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rakdong is in Gangtok tehsil of East District district. Darjeeling is about 16 km away. Dārjiling is about 17 km away. East District is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.