About Tarpin Village

Tarpin is a mid sized village in Rongli tehsil, in the district of East District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,858, made up of 918 males and 940 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,024 females per 1000 males. The village covers 435.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737133, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tarpin Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tarpin village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	East District
Tehsil	Rongli
Pincode	737133
Area (hectares)	435.31 hectares
Population	1,858
Male Population	918
Female Population	940
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,024
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Tarpin compares

By the 2011 count Tarpin is the 4th largest of the 17 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,286 residents. Its 435.31 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Tarpin

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

Tarpin lies about 7.1 km from East District, and the nearest railway station is Bagrakot, about 35 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 Tarpin
District headquarters	East District	7.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rongli	7.5 km
Nearest town	Kālimpong	16 km
Nearest railway station	Bagrakot	35 km

Villages closest to Tarpin

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 Tarpin

As per the Census of India 2011, Tarpin village had a population of 1,858. That makes it the 4th largest of the 17 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,286 residents.

Tarpin village has 918 males and 940 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tarpin has about 1024 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 894.

The pincode recorded for Tarpin is 737133. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tarpin covers 435.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Tarpin is Bagrakot, about 35 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 Tarpin.

Tarpin is about 7.1 km from East District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tarpin is in Rongli tehsil of East District district. East District is about 7.1 km away. Rongli is about 7.5 km away. Kālimpong is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.