About Phadamchen Village

Phadamchen is a small village in Rongli tehsil, in the district of East District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 395, made up of 188 males and 207 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,101 females per 1000 males. The village covers 436.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737131, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Phadamchen Overview

Census 2011 figures for Phadamchen village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	East District
Tehsil	Rongli
Pincode	737131
Area (hectares)	436.87 hectares
Population	395
Male Population	188
Female Population	207
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,101
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Phadamchen compares

By the 2011 count Phadamchen is the 14th largest of the 17 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,286 residents. Its 436.87 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Phadamchen

Phadamchen is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Phadamchen as Available within 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 Phadamchen from other places

Phadamchen lies about 15 km from East District, and the nearest railway station is Chalsa, about 40 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 Phadamchen
Tehsil headquarters	Rongli	7.3 km
District headquarters	East District	15 km
Nearest town	Gangtok	18 km
Nearest railway station	Chalsa	40 km

Villages closest to Phadamchen

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 Phadamchen

As per the Census of India 2011, Phadamchen village had a population of 395. That makes it the 14th largest of the 17 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,286 residents.

Phadamchen village has 188 males and 207 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Phadamchen has about 1101 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 894.

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

Phadamchen covers 436.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Phadamchen is Chalsa, about 40 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Phadamchen.

Phadamchen is about 15 km from East District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Phadamchen is in Rongli tehsil of East District district. Rongli is about 7.3 km away. East District is about 15 km away. Gangtok is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.