About Burul Village

Burul is a small village in Namchi tehsil, in the district of South District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 405, made up of 225 males and 180 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 800 females per 1000 males. The village covers 381.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Burul Overview

Census 2011 figures for Burul village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	South District
Tehsil	Namchi
Pincode	737126
Area (hectares)	381.81 hectares
Population	405
Male Population	225
Female Population	180
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	800
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 Burul compares

By the 2011 count Burul is the 75th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 826 residents. Its 381.81 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 937.

Getting to Burul

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

Burul lies about 10 km from South District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 27 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 Burul
Tehsil headquarters	Namchi	10 km
District headquarters	South District	10 km
Nearest town	Gangtok	20 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	27 km

Villages closest to Burul

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 Burul

As per the Census of India 2011, Burul village had a population of 405. That makes it the 75th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 826 residents.

Burul village has 225 males and 180 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Burul has about 800 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 937.

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

Burul covers 381.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Burul is Darjeeling, about 27 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 Burul.

Burul is about 10 km from South District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Burul is in Namchi tehsil of South District district. Namchi is about 10 km away. South District is about 10 km away. Gangtok is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.