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About Singtam Forest Block Village

Singtam Forest Block is a small village in Gangtok tehsil, in the district of East District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 18, made up of 11 males and 7 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 636 females per 1000 males. The village covers 6824.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737132, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Singtam Forest Block Overview

Census 2011 figures for Singtam Forest Block village
Description Value
State Sikkim
District East District
Tehsil Gangtok
Pincode 737132
Area (hectares) 6824.27 hectares
Population 18
Male Population 11
Female Population 7
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 636
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Singtam Forest Block compares

By the 2011 count Singtam Forest Block is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,468 residents. Its 6824.27 hectares work out to about 0.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 898.

Getting to Singtam Forest Block

Singtam Forest Block is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Singtam Forest Block as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Singtam Forest Block from other places

Singtam Forest Block lies about 11 km from East District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 32 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 Singtam Forest Block
District headquarters East District 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Gangtok 15 km
Nearest railway station Darjeeling 32 km

Villages closest to Singtam Forest Block

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.

Common questions about Singtam Forest Block

As per the Census of India 2011, Singtam Forest Block village had a population of 18. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,468 residents.

Singtam Forest Block village has 11 males and 7 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Singtam Forest Block has about 636 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 898.

The pincode recorded for Singtam Forest Block is 737132. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Singtam Forest Block covers 6824.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Singtam Forest Block falls under Gangtok tehsil of East District district in Sikkim.

The nearest railway station to Singtam Forest Block is Darjeeling, about 32 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Singtam Forest Block.

Singtam Forest Block is about 11 km from East District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Singtam Forest Block is in Gangtok tehsil of East District district. East District is about 11 km away. Gangtok is about 15 km away. Darjeeling is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tintek (under 2 km), Central Pendam (3.1 km) and West Pendam (3.1 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Singtam Forest Block today is likely to be higher.

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