About Paney Phensong Village

Paney Phensong is a mid sized village in Mangan tehsil, in the district of North District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 682, made up of 341 males and 341 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 391.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Paney Phensong Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paney Phensong village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	North District
Tehsil	Mangan
Pincode	737113
Area (hectares)	391.42 hectares
Population	682
Male Population	341
Female Population	341
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
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 Paney Phensong compares

By the 2011 count Paney Phensong is the 18th largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 660 residents. Its 391.42 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Paney Phensong

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

Paney Phensong lies about 29 km from North District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 33 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 Paney Phensong
Nearest town	Gangtok	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mangan	29 km
District headquarters	North District	29 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	33 km

Villages closest to Paney Phensong

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 Paney Phensong

As per the Census of India 2011, Paney Phensong village had a population of 682. That makes it the 18th largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 660 residents.

Paney Phensong village has 341 males and 341 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

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

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

Paney Phensong covers 391.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Paney Phensong falls under Mangan tehsil of North District district in Sikkim.

The nearest railway station to Paney Phensong is Darjeeling, about 33 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 Paney Phensong.

Paney Phensong is about 29 km from North District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paney Phensong is in Mangan tehsil of North District district. Gangtok is about 14 km away. Mangan is about 29 km away. North District is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.