About Karek Village

Karek is a mid sized village in Namchi tehsil, in the district of South District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,177, made up of 628 males and 549 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 329.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737132, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karek Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karek village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	South District
Tehsil	Namchi
Pincode	737132
Area (hectares)	329.41 hectares
Population	1,177
Male Population	628
Female Population	549
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	874
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karek compares

By the 2011 count Karek is the 15th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 826 residents. Its 329.41 hectares work out to about 3.6 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 Karek

Karek is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Karek as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Karek from other places

Karek lies about 11 km from South District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 27 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 Karek
Tehsil headquarters	Namchi	11 km
District headquarters	South District	11 km
Nearest town	Gangtok	20 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	27 km

Villages closest to Karek

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 Karek

As per the Census of India 2011, Karek village had a population of 1,177. That makes it the 15th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 826 residents.

Karek village has 628 males and 549 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karek has about 874 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 Karek is 737132. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karek covers 329.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Karek is Darjeeling, about 27 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Karek.

Karek is about 11 km from South District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karek is in Namchi tehsil of South District district. Namchi is about 11 km away. South District is about 11 km away. Gangtok is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.