About Chhota Singtam Village

Chhota Singtam is a mid sized village in Pakyong tehsil, in the district of East District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,574, made up of 814 males and 760 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 934 females per 1000 males. The village covers 262.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737135, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chhota Singtam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chhota Singtam village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	East District
Tehsil	Pakyong
Pincode	737135
Area (hectares)	262.5 hectares
Population	1,574
Male Population	814
Female Population	760
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	934
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chhota Singtam compares

By the 2011 count Chhota Singtam is the 7th largest of the 26 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,313 residents. Its 262.5 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Chhota Singtam

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

Chhota Singtam 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 Chhota Singtam
Tehsil headquarters	Pakyong	9.6 km
District headquarters	East District	11 km
Nearest town	Gangtok	15 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	32 km

Villages closest to Chhota Singtam

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pakyong 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 Chhota Singtam

As per the Census of India 2011, Chhota Singtam village had a population of 1,574. That makes it the 7th largest of the 26 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,313 residents.

Chhota Singtam village has 814 males and 760 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chhota Singtam has about 934 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 939.

The pincode recorded for Chhota Singtam is 737135. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chhota Singtam covers 262.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chhota Singtam falls under Pakyong tehsil of East District district in Sikkim.

The nearest railway station to Chhota Singtam 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Chhota Singtam.

Chhota Singtam 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.

Chhota Singtam is in Pakyong tehsil of East District district. Pakyong is about 9.6 km away. East District is about 11 km away. Gangtok is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.