About Sakyong Pentong Village

Sakyong Pentong is a small village in Mangan tehsil, in the district of North District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 171, made up of 94 males and 77 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 819 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1458.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sakyong Pentong Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sakyong Pentong village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	North District
Tehsil	Mangan
Pincode	737113
Area (hectares)	1458.81 hectares
Population	171
Male Population	94
Female Population	77
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	819
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 Sakyong Pentong compares

By the 2011 count Sakyong Pentong is the 39th largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 660 residents. Its 1458.81 hectares work out to about 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Sakyong Pentong

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

Sakyong Pentong lies about 13 km from North District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 61 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 Sakyong Pentong
Tehsil headquarters	Mangan	13 km
District headquarters	North District	13 km
Nearest town	Gangtok	34 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	61 km

Villages closest to Sakyong Pentong

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 Sakyong Pentong

As per the Census of India 2011, Sakyong Pentong village had a population of 171. That makes it the 39th largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 660 residents.

Sakyong Pentong village has 94 males and 77 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sakyong Pentong has about 819 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 894.

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

Sakyong Pentong covers 1458.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sakyong Pentong falls under Mangan tehsil of North District district in Sikkim.

The nearest railway station to Sakyong Pentong is Darjeeling, about 61 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 Sakyong Pentong.

Sakyong Pentong is about 13 km from North District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sakyong Pentong is in Mangan tehsil of North District district. Mangan is about 13 km away. North District is about 13 km away. Gangtok is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.