About Namcheybung Village

Namcheybung is one of the larger villages in Pakyong tehsil, in the district of East District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,128, made up of 2,703 males and 2,425 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 873.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737106, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Namcheybung Overview

Census 2011 figures for Namcheybung village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	East District
Tehsil	Pakyong
Pincode	737106
Area (hectares)	873.38 hectares
Population	5,128
Male Population	2,703
Female Population	2,425
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	897
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Namcheybung compares

By the 2011 count Namcheybung is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,313 residents. Its 873.38 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Namcheybung

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

Namcheybung lies about under 2 km from East District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 41 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 Namcheybung
District headquarters	East District	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pakyong	under 2 km
Nearest town	Gangtok	8.8 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	41 km

Villages closest to Namcheybung

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 Namcheybung

As per the Census of India 2011, Namcheybung village had a population of 5,128. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,313 residents.

Namcheybung village has 2,703 males and 2,425 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Namcheybung has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 939.

The pincode recorded for Namcheybung is 737106. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Namcheybung covers 873.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Namcheybung is Darjeeling, about 41 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 Namcheybung.

Namcheybung is about under 2 km from East District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Namcheybung is in Pakyong tehsil of East District district. East District is about under 2 km away. Pakyong is about under 2 km away. Gangtok is about 8.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.