About Tintek Village

Tintek is a mid sized village in Gangtok tehsil, in the district of East District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,778, made up of 950 males and 828 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 525.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tintek Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tintek village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	East District
Tehsil	Gangtok
Pincode	737107
Area (hectares)	525.65 hectares
Population	1,778
Male Population	950
Female Population	828
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	872
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Tintek compares

By the 2011 count Tintek is the 19th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,468 residents. Its 525.65 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 898.

Getting to Tintek

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

Tintek lies about 11 km from East District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 33 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 Tintek
District headquarters	East District	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gangtok	14 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	33 km

Villages closest to Tintek

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 Tintek

As per the Census of India 2011, Tintek village had a population of 1,778. That makes it the 19th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,468 residents.

Tintek village has 950 males and 828 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tintek has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 898.

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

Tintek covers 525.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Tintek is Darjeeling, about 33 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 Tintek.

Tintek 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.

Tintek is in Gangtok tehsil of East District district. East District is about 11 km away. Gangtok is about 14 km away. Darjeeling is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.