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About Mangan Forest Block Village

Mangan Forest Block is a small village in Mangan tehsil, in the district of North District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 9. The village covers 7701.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mangan Forest Block Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mangan Forest Block village
Description Value
State Sikkim
District North District
Tehsil Mangan
Pincode 737113
Area (hectares) 7701.1 hectares
Population 9
Male Population 9
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Mangan Forest Block compares

By the 2011 count Mangan Forest Block is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 660 residents. Its 7701.1 hectares work out to about 0.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Getting to Mangan Forest Block

Mangan Forest Block is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Mangan Forest Block as Available within 5 - 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 Mangan Forest Block from other places

Mangan Forest Block lies about under 2 km from North District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 58 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 Mangan Forest Block
Tehsil headquarters Mangan under 2 km
District headquarters North District under 2 km
Nearest town Gangtok 22 km
Nearest railway station Darjeeling 58 km

Villages closest to Mangan Forest Block

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.

Common questions about Mangan Forest Block

As per the Census of India 2011, Mangan Forest Block village had a population of 9. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 660 residents.

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

Mangan Forest Block covers 7701.1 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.

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

The nearest railway station to Mangan Forest Block is Darjeeling, about 58 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Mangan Forest Block.

Mangan Forest Block is about under 2 km from North District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mangan Forest Block is in Mangan tehsil of North District district. Mangan is about under 2 km away. North District is about under 2 km away. Gangtok is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lingthem (2.5 km), Sentam (2.8 km) and Singhik (2.8 km).

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

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