About Pachey Village

Pachey is a large village in Pakyong tehsil, in the district of East District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,953, made up of 1,504 males and 1,449 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 963 females per 1000 males. The village covers 505.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737106, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pachey Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pachey village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	East District
Tehsil	Pakyong
Pincode	737106
Area (hectares)	505.04 hectares
Population	2,953
Male Population	1,504
Female Population	1,449
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	963
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pachey compares

By the 2011 count Pachey is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,313 residents. Its 505.04 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Pachey

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

Pachey lies about under 2 km from East District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 42 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 Pachey
District headquarters	East District	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pakyong	1.5 km
Nearest town	Gangtok	9.0 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	42 km

Villages closest to Pachey

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 Pachey

As per the Census of India 2011, Pachey village had a population of 2,953. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,313 residents.

Pachey village has 1,504 males and 1,449 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pachey has about 963 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 939.

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

Pachey covers 505.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Pachey is Darjeeling, about 42 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 Pachey.

Pachey 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.

Pachey is in Pakyong tehsil of East District district. East District is about under 2 km away. Pakyong is about 1.5 km away. Gangtok is about 9.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.