About Raley Khese Village

Raley Khese is a mid sized village in Gangtok tehsil, in the district of East District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,712, made up of 853 males and 859 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,007 females per 1000 males. The village covers 377.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Raley Khese Overview

Census 2011 figures for Raley Khese village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	East District
Tehsil	Gangtok
Pincode	737107
Area (hectares)	377.29 hectares
Population	1,712
Male Population	853
Female Population	859
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,007
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Raley Khese compares

By the 2011 count Raley Khese is the 20th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,468 residents. Its 377.29 hectares work out to about 4.5 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 Raley Khese

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

Raley Khese lies about 17 km from East District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 41 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 Raley Khese
Tehsil headquarters	Gangtok	13 km
District headquarters	East District	17 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	41 km

Villages closest to Raley Khese

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 Raley Khese

As per the Census of India 2011, Raley Khese village had a population of 1,712. That makes it the 20th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,468 residents.

Raley Khese village has 853 males and 859 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Raley Khese has about 1007 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 898.

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

Raley Khese covers 377.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Raley Khese falls under Gangtok tehsil of East District district in Sikkim.

The nearest railway station to Raley Khese is Darjeeling, about 41 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 Raley Khese.

Raley Khese is about 17 km from East District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Raley Khese is in Gangtok tehsil of East District district. Gangtok is about 13 km away. East District is about 17 km away. Darjeeling is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.