About Kanamtek Village

Kanamtek is a mid sized village in Namchi tehsil, in the district of South District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 612, made up of 332 males and 280 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 843 females per 1000 males. The village covers 195.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737132, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanamtek Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanamtek village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	South District
Tehsil	Namchi
Pincode	737132
Area (hectares)	195.12 hectares
Population	612
Male Population	332
Female Population	280
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	843
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanamtek compares

By the 2011 count Kanamtek is the 58th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 826 residents. Its 195.12 hectares work out to about 3.1 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 Kanamtek

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

Kanamtek lies about 13 km from South District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 26 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 Kanamtek
Tehsil headquarters	Namchi	13 km
District headquarters	South District	13 km
Nearest town	Kālimpong	19 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	26 km

Villages closest to Kanamtek

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 Kanamtek

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanamtek village had a population of 612. That makes it the 58th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 826 residents.

Kanamtek village has 332 males and 280 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanamtek has about 843 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 Kanamtek is 737132. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanamtek covers 195.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Kanamtek is Darjeeling, about 26 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 Kanamtek.

Kanamtek is about 13 km from South District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanamtek is in Namchi tehsil of South District district. Namchi is about 13 km away. South District is about 13 km away. Kālimpong is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.