About Damthang Village

Damthang is a mid sized village in Namchi tehsil, in the district of South District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 608, made up of 331 males and 277 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 837 females per 1000 males. The village covers 292.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Damthang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Damthang village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	South District
Tehsil	Namchi
Pincode	737126
Area (hectares)	292.77 hectares
Population	608
Male Population	331
Female Population	277
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	837
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Damthang compares

By the 2011 count Damthang is the 59th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 826 residents. Its 292.77 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Damthang

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

Damthang lies about 7.6 km from South District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 25 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 Damthang
Tehsil headquarters	Namchi	7.6 km
District headquarters	South District	7.6 km
Nearest town	Gangtok	24 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	25 km

Villages closest to Damthang

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 Damthang

As per the Census of India 2011, Damthang village had a population of 608. That makes it the 59th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 826 residents.

Damthang village has 331 males and 277 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Damthang has about 837 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 Damthang is 737126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Damthang covers 292.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Damthang is Darjeeling, about 25 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 Damthang.

Damthang is about 7.6 km from South District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Damthang is in Namchi tehsil of South District district. Namchi is about 7.6 km away. South District is about 7.6 km away. Gangtok is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.