About Lachen Forest Block Village

Lachen Forest Block is a small village in Chungthang tehsil, in the district of North District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3. The village covers 16620.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lachen Forest Block Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lachen Forest Block village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	North District
Tehsil	Chungthang
Pincode	737113
Area (hectares)	16620.41 hectares
Population	3
Male Population	3
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 Lachen Forest Block compares

By the 2011 count Lachen Forest Block is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,255 residents. Its 16620.41 hectares work out to about 0.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Getting to Lachen Forest Block

Lachen Forest Block is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Lachen Forest Block 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 Lachen Forest Block from other places

Lachen Forest Block lies about 25 km from North District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 82 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 Lachen Forest Block
Tehsil headquarters	Chungthang	25 km
District headquarters	North District	25 km
Nearest town	Gangtok	45 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	82 km

Villages closest to Lachen Forest Block

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chungthang 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 Lachen Forest Block

As per the Census of India 2011, Lachen Forest Block village had a population of 3. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,255 residents.

The pincode recorded for Lachen Forest Block is 737113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lachen Forest Block covers 16620.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Lachen Forest Block falls under Chungthang tehsil of North District district in Sikkim.

The nearest railway station to Lachen Forest Block is Darjeeling, about 82 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 Lachen Forest Block.

Lachen Forest Block is about 25 km from North District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lachen Forest Block is in Chungthang tehsil of North District district. Chungthang is about 25 km away. North District is about 25 km away. Gangtok is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lachen (under 2 km), Chungthang (17 km) and Lachung (19 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Lachen Forest Block today is likely to be higher.