About Shipgyer Village

Shipgyer is a mid sized village in Chungthang tehsil, in the district of North District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 710, made up of 458 males and 252 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 550 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1635.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Shipgyer Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shipgyer village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	North District
Tehsil	Chungthang
Pincode	737111
Area (hectares)	1635.9 hectares
Population	710
Male Population	458
Female Population	252
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	550
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 Shipgyer compares

By the 2011 count Shipgyer is the 5th largest of the 8 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,255 residents. Its 1635.9 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 901.

Getting to Shipgyer

Shipgyer is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Shipgyer 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. The nearest villages by name are Chungthang, Lachen, Lachen Forest Block and Lachung. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Shipgyer

As per the Census of India 2011, Shipgyer village had a population of 710. That makes it the 5th largest of the 8 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,255 residents.

Shipgyer village has 458 males and 252 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shipgyer has about 550 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 901.

The pincode recorded for Shipgyer is 737111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Shipgyer covers 1635.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Shipgyer falls under Chungthang tehsil of North District district in Sikkim.

The census record for Shipgyer notes the nearest railway station 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 Shipgyer.

Shipgyer is in Chungthang tehsil of North District district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.