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About Losing Village

Losing is a small village in Pakyong tehsil, in the district of East District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 445, made up of 216 males and 229 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,060 females per 1000 males. The village covers 124.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737133, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Losing Overview

Census 2011 figures for Losing village
Description Value
State Sikkim
District East District
Tehsil Pakyong
Pincode 737133
Area (hectares) 124.01 hectares
Population 445
Male Population 216
Female Population 229
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,060
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Losing compares

By the 2011 count Losing is the 22nd largest of the 26 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,313 residents. Its 124.01 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Losing

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

Losing lies about 2.8 km from East District, and the nearest railway station is Bagrakot, about 39 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 Losing
Tehsil headquarters Pakyong 2.7 km
District headquarters East District 2.8 km
Nearest town Gangtok 12 km
Nearest railway station Bagrakot 39 km

Villages closest to Losing

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.

Common questions about Losing

As per the Census of India 2011, Losing village had a population of 445. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 26 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,313 residents.

Losing village has 216 males and 229 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Losing has about 1060 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 939.

The pincode recorded for Losing is 737133. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Losing covers 124.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Losing falls under Pakyong tehsil of East District district in Sikkim.

The nearest railway station to Losing is Bagrakot, about 39 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 10+ km distance for Losing.

Losing is about 2.8 km from East District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Losing is in Pakyong tehsil of East District district. Pakyong is about 2.7 km away. East District is about 2.8 km away. Gangtok is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Taza (1.7 km), Kartok (2.2 km) and Amba (2.5 km).

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

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