About Phodong Forest Block Village

Phodong 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 10, made up of 5 males and 5 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 4605.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Phodong Forest Block Overview

Census 2011 figures for Phodong Forest Block village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	North District
Tehsil	Mangan
Pincode	737113
Area (hectares)	4605.61 hectares
Population	10
Male Population	5
Female Population	5
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
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 Phodong Forest Block compares

By the 2011 count Phodong Forest Block is the 41st largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 660 residents. Its 4605.61 hectares work out to about 0.0 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 Phodong Forest Block

Phodong Forest Block is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Phodong 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 Phodong Forest Block from other places

Phodong Forest Block lies about 12 km from North District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 52 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 Phodong Forest Block
Nearest town	Gangtok	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mangan	12 km
District headquarters	North District	12 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	52 km

Villages closest to Phodong 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.

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Common questions about Phodong Forest Block

As per the Census of India 2011, Phodong Forest Block village had a population of 10. That makes it the 41st largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 660 residents.

Phodong Forest Block village has 5 males and 5 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Phodong Forest Block 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 Phodong Forest Block is 737113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Phodong Forest Block covers 4605.61 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.

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

The nearest railway station to Phodong Forest Block is Darjeeling, about 52 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 Phodong Forest Block.

Phodong Forest Block is about 12 km from North District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Phodong Forest Block is in Mangan tehsil of North District district. Gangtok is about 10 km away. Mangan is about 12 km away. North District is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Phodong (under 2 km), Tumlong (under 2 km) and Kabi (4.0 km).

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