About Changeylakha Village

Changeylakha is a mid sized village in Rongli tehsil, in the district of East District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 649, made up of 395 males and 254 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 643 females per 1000 males. The village covers 194.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737131, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Changeylakha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Changeylakha village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	East District
Tehsil	Rongli
Pincode	737131
Area (hectares)	194.98 hectares
Population	649
Male Population	395
Female Population	254
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	643
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Changeylakha compares

By the 2011 count Changeylakha is the 12th largest of the 17 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,286 residents. Its 194.98 hectares work out to about 3.3 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 894.

Getting to Changeylakha

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

Changeylakha lies about 14 km from East District, and the nearest railway station is New Mal Junction, about 29 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 Changeylakha
Tehsil headquarters	Rongli	8.2 km
Nearest town	Kālimpong	12 km
District headquarters	East District	14 km
Nearest railway station	New Mal Junction	29 km

Villages closest to Changeylakha

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Rongli 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 Changeylakha

As per the Census of India 2011, Changeylakha village had a population of 649. That makes it the 12th largest of the 17 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,286 residents.

Changeylakha village has 395 males and 254 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Changeylakha has about 643 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 894.

The pincode recorded for Changeylakha is 737131. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Changeylakha covers 194.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Changeylakha falls under Rongli tehsil of East District district in Sikkim.

The nearest railway station to Changeylakha is New Mal Junction, about 29 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 Changeylakha.

Changeylakha is about 14 km from East District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Changeylakha is in Rongli tehsil of East District district. Rongli is about 8.2 km away. Kālimpong is about 12 km away. East District is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.