About Tumlong Village

Tumlong is a small village in Mangan tehsil, in the district of North District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 425, made up of 227 males and 198 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 446.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tumlong Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tumlong village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	North District
Tehsil	Mangan
Pincode	737111
Area (hectares)	446.51 hectares
Population	425
Male Population	227
Female Population	198
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	872
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 Tumlong compares

By the 2011 count Tumlong is the 31st largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 660 residents. Its 446.51 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Tumlong

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

Tumlong lies about 12 km from North District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 53 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 Tumlong
Nearest town	Gangtok	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mangan	12 km
District headquarters	North District	12 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	53 km

Villages closest to Tumlong

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 Tumlong

As per the Census of India 2011, Tumlong village had a population of 425. That makes it the 31st largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 660 residents.

Tumlong village has 227 males and 198 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tumlong has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 894.

The pincode recorded for Tumlong is 737111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tumlong covers 446.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Tumlong is Darjeeling, about 53 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 Tumlong.

Tumlong 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.

Tumlong is in Mangan tehsil of North District district. Gangtok is about 11 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.