About Phodong Village

Phodong is a mid sized village in Mangan tehsil, in the district of North District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 821, made up of 416 males and 405 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 974 females per 1000 males. The village covers 392.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Phodong Overview

Census 2011 figures for Phodong village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	North District
Tehsil	Mangan
Pincode	737111
Area (hectares)	392.35 hectares
Population	821
Male Population	416
Female Population	405
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	974
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 Phodong compares

By the 2011 count Phodong is the 15th largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 660 residents. Its 392.35 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Phodong

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

Phodong 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
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

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Phodong village had a population of 821. That makes it the 15th largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 660 residents.

Phodong village has 416 males and 405 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Phodong has about 974 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 Phodong is 737111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Phodong covers 392.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Phodong 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Phodong.

Phodong 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 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.