About Denchung Village

Denchung is a mid sized village in Namchi tehsil, in the district of South District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 980, made up of 511 males and 469 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 397.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Denchung Overview

Census 2011 figures for Denchung village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	South District
Tehsil	Namchi
Pincode	737126
Area (hectares)	397.23 hectares
Population	980
Male Population	511
Female Population	469
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	918
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Denchung compares

By the 2011 count Denchung is the 29th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 826 residents. Its 397.23 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Denchung

Denchung is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Denchung as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Denchung from other places

Denchung lies about 2.3 km from South District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 16 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 Denchung
Tehsil headquarters	Namchi	2.3 km
District headquarters	South District	2.3 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	16 km
Nearest town	Dārjiling	16 km

Villages closest to Denchung

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 Denchung

As per the Census of India 2011, Denchung village had a population of 980. That makes it the 29th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 826 residents.

Denchung village has 511 males and 469 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Denchung has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 937.

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

Denchung covers 397.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Denchung is Darjeeling, about 16 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 5 - 10 km distance for Denchung.

Denchung is about 2.3 km from South District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Denchung is in Namchi tehsil of South District district. Namchi is about 2.3 km away. South District is about 2.3 km away. Darjeeling is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.