About Rawate Rumtek Village

Rawate Rumtek is a mid sized village in Gangtok tehsil, in the district of East District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,573, made up of 809 males and 764 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 185.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737135, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rawate Rumtek Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rawate Rumtek village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	East District
Tehsil	Gangtok
Pincode	737135
Area (hectares)	185.75 hectares
Population	1,573
Male Population	809
Female Population	764
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	944
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rawate Rumtek compares

By the 2011 count Rawate Rumtek is the 23rd largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,468 residents. Its 185.75 hectares work out to about 8.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 898.

Getting to Rawate Rumtek

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

Rawate Rumtek lies about 10 km from East District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 47 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 Rawate Rumtek
Tehsil headquarters	Gangtok	under 2 km
District headquarters	East District	10 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	47 km

Villages closest to Rawate Rumtek

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 Rawate Rumtek

As per the Census of India 2011, Rawate Rumtek village had a population of 1,573. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,468 residents.

Rawate Rumtek village has 809 males and 764 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rawate Rumtek has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 898.

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

Rawate Rumtek covers 185.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Rawate Rumtek falls under Gangtok tehsil of East District district in Sikkim.

The nearest railway station to Rawate Rumtek is Darjeeling, about 47 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 Rawate Rumtek.

Rawate Rumtek is about 10 km from East District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rawate Rumtek is in Gangtok tehsil of East District district. Gangtok is about under 2 km away. East District is about 10 km away. Darjeeling is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.