About Lingthem Village

Lingthem is a mid sized village in Mangan tehsil, in the district of North District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,226, made up of 620 males and 606 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 977 females per 1000 males. The village covers 961.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lingthem Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lingthem village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	North District
Tehsil	Mangan
Pincode	737113
Area (hectares)	961.88 hectares
Population	1,226
Male Population	620
Female Population	606
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	977
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 Lingthem compares

By the 2011 count Lingthem is the 4th largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 660 residents. Its 961.88 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Lingthem

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

Lingthem lies about 2.5 km from North District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 59 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 Lingthem
Tehsil headquarters	Mangan	2.5 km
District headquarters	North District	2.5 km
Nearest town	Gangtok	24 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	59 km

Villages closest to Lingthem

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mangan 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 Lingthem

As per the Census of India 2011, Lingthem village had a population of 1,226. That makes it the 4th largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 660 residents.

Lingthem village has 620 males and 606 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lingthem has about 977 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 894.

The pincode recorded for Lingthem is 737113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lingthem covers 961.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Lingthem falls under Mangan tehsil of North District district in Sikkim.

The nearest railway station to Lingthem is Darjeeling, about 59 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 Lingthem.

Lingthem is about 2.5 km from North District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lingthem is in Mangan tehsil of North District district. Mangan is about 2.5 km away. North District is about 2.5 km away. Gangtok is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.