About Lingtam Village

Lingtam is a mid sized village in Rongli tehsil, in the district of East District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,347, made up of 696 males and 651 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 654.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737131, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lingtam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lingtam village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	East District
Tehsil	Rongli
Pincode	737131
Area (hectares)	654.36 hectares
Population	1,347
Male Population	696
Female Population	651
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	935
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Lingtam compares

By the 2011 count Lingtam is the 6th largest of the 17 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,286 residents. Its 654.36 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Lingtam

Lingtam is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Lingtam as Available within 5 - 10 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 Lingtam from other places

Lingtam lies about 13 km from East District, and the nearest railway station is Chalsa, 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 Lingtam
Tehsil headquarters	Rongli	4.5 km
District headquarters	East District	13 km
Nearest town	Gangtok	17 km
Nearest railway station	Chalsa	39 km

Villages closest to Lingtam

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 Lingtam

As per the Census of India 2011, Lingtam village had a population of 1,347. That makes it the 6th largest of the 17 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,286 residents.

Lingtam village has 696 males and 651 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lingtam has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 894.

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

Lingtam covers 654.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Lingtam is Chalsa, 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Lingtam.

Lingtam is about 13 km from East District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lingtam is in Rongli tehsil of East District district. Rongli is about 4.5 km away. East District is about 13 km away. Gangtok is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.