About Gom Village

Gom is a mid sized village in Namchi tehsil, in the district of South District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,163, made up of 636 males and 527 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 829 females per 1000 males. The village covers 352.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gom Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gom village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	South District
Tehsil	Namchi
Pincode	737121
Area (hectares)	352.87 hectares
Population	1,163
Male Population	636
Female Population	527
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	829
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gom compares

By the 2011 count Gom is the 16th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 826 residents. Its 352.87 hectares work out to about 3.3 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 Gom

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

Gom lies about 5.6 km from South District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 12 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 Gom
Tehsil headquarters	Namchi	5.6 km
District headquarters	South District	5.6 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	12 km
Nearest town	Dārjiling	12 km

Villages closest to Gom

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 Gom

As per the Census of India 2011, Gom village had a population of 1,163. That makes it the 16th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 826 residents.

Gom village has 636 males and 527 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gom has about 829 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 Gom is 737121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gom covers 352.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Gom is Darjeeling, about 12 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 village for Gom.

Gom is about 5.6 km from South District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gom is in Namchi tehsil of South District district. Namchi is about 5.6 km away. South District is about 5.6 km away. Darjeeling is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.