About Samdong Village

Samdong is a large village in Gangtok tehsil, in the district of East District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,125, made up of 1,090 males and 1,035 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 950 females per 1000 males. The village covers 483.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Samdong Overview

Census 2011 figures for Samdong village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	East District
Tehsil	Gangtok
Pincode	737102
Area (hectares)	483.84 hectares
Population	2,125
Male Population	1,090
Female Population	1,035
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	950
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Samdong compares

By the 2011 count Samdong is the 15th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,468 residents. Its 483.84 hectares work out to about 4.4 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 Samdong

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

Samdong lies about 16 km from East District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 42 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 Samdong
Tehsil headquarters	Gangtok	11 km
District headquarters	East District	16 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	42 km

Villages closest to Samdong

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 Samdong

As per the Census of India 2011, Samdong village had a population of 2,125. That makes it the 15th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,468 residents.

Samdong village has 1,090 males and 1,035 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Samdong has about 950 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 Samdong is 737102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Samdong covers 483.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Samdong is Darjeeling, about 42 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 Samdong.

Samdong is about 16 km from East District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Samdong is in Gangtok tehsil of East District district. Gangtok is about 11 km away. East District is about 16 km away. Darjeeling is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.