About Bikmat Village

Bikmat is a mid sized village in Namchi tehsil, in the district of South District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 621, made up of 327 males and 294 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 257.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bikmat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bikmat village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	South District
Tehsil	Namchi
Pincode	737128
Area (hectares)	257.94 hectares
Population	621
Male Population	327
Female Population	294
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	899
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bikmat compares

By the 2011 count Bikmat is the 57th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 826 residents. Its 257.94 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Bikmat

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

Bikmat lies about 9.1 km from South District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 23 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 Bikmat
Tehsil headquarters	Namchi	9.1 km
District headquarters	South District	9.1 km
Nearest town	Kālimpong	22 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	23 km

Villages closest to Bikmat

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 Bikmat

As per the Census of India 2011, Bikmat village had a population of 621. That makes it the 57th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 826 residents.

Bikmat village has 327 males and 294 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bikmat has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 937.

The pincode recorded for Bikmat is 737128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bikmat covers 257.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Bikmat is Darjeeling, about 23 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 Bikmat.

Bikmat is about 9.1 km from South District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bikmat is in Namchi tehsil of South District district. Namchi is about 9.1 km away. South District is about 9.1 km away. Kālimpong is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.