About Doring Village

Doring is a mid sized village in Namchi tehsil, in the district of South District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,064, made up of 532 males and 532 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 149.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737134, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Doring Overview

Census 2011 figures for Doring village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	South District
Tehsil	Namchi
Pincode	737134
Area (hectares)	149.36 hectares
Population	1,064
Male Population	532
Female Population	532
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Doring compares

By the 2011 count Doring is the 21st largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 826 residents. Its 149.36 hectares work out to about 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Doring

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

Doring lies about 12 km from South District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 29 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 Doring
Tehsil headquarters	Namchi	12 km
District headquarters	South District	12 km
Nearest town	Gangtok	18 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	29 km

Villages closest to Doring

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 Doring

As per the Census of India 2011, Doring village had a population of 1,064. That makes it the 21st largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 826 residents.

Doring village has 532 males and 532 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Doring has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 937.

The pincode recorded for Doring is 737134. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Doring covers 149.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Doring is Darjeeling, about 29 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 Doring.

Doring is about 12 km from South District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Doring is in Namchi tehsil of South District district. Namchi is about 12 km away. South District is about 12 km away. Gangtok is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.