About Assangthang Village

Assangthang is a mid sized village in Namchi tehsil, in the district of South District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 785, made up of 404 males and 381 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 943 females per 1000 males. The village covers 228.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Assangthang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Assangthang village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	South District
Tehsil	Namchi
Pincode	737126
Area (hectares)	228.26 hectares
Population	785
Male Population	404
Female Population	381
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	943
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Assangthang compares

By the 2011 count Assangthang is the 46th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 826 residents. Its 228.26 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Assangthang

Assangthang is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Assangthang as Available within village. 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 Assangthang from other places

Assangthang lies about 3.7 km from South District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 14 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 Assangthang
Tehsil headquarters	Namchi	3.7 km
District headquarters	South District	3.7 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	14 km
Nearest town	Dārjiling	15 km

Villages closest to Assangthang

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Namchi 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 Assangthang

As per the Census of India 2011, Assangthang village had a population of 785. That makes it the 46th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 826 residents.

Assangthang village has 404 males and 381 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Assangthang has about 943 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 937.

The pincode recorded for Assangthang is 737126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Assangthang covers 228.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Assangthang falls under Namchi tehsil of South District district in Sikkim.

The nearest railway station to Assangthang is Darjeeling, about 14 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Assangthang.

Assangthang is about 3.7 km from South District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Assangthang is in Namchi tehsil of South District district. Namchi is about 3.7 km away. South District is about 3.7 km away. Darjeeling is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.