About Kateng Bokrang Village

Kateng Bokrang is a mid sized village in Namchi tehsil, in the district of South District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,021, made up of 534 males and 487 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. The village covers 540.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737132, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kateng Bokrang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kateng Bokrang village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	South District
Tehsil	Namchi
Pincode	737132
Area (hectares)	540.95 hectares
Population	1,021
Male Population	534
Female Population	487
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	912
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kateng Bokrang compares

By the 2011 count Kateng Bokrang is the 25th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 826 residents. Its 540.95 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Kateng Bokrang

Kateng Bokrang is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kateng Bokrang as Available within 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 Kateng Bokrang from other places

Kateng Bokrang lies about 11 km from South District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 24 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 Kateng Bokrang
Tehsil headquarters	Namchi	11 km
District headquarters	South District	11 km
Nearest town	Kālimpong	20 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	24 km

Villages closest to Kateng Bokrang

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 Kateng Bokrang

As per the Census of India 2011, Kateng Bokrang village had a population of 1,021. That makes it the 25th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 826 residents.

Kateng Bokrang village has 534 males and 487 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kateng Bokrang has about 912 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 Kateng Bokrang is 737132. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kateng Bokrang covers 540.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kateng Bokrang falls under Namchi tehsil of South District district in Sikkim.

The nearest railway station to Kateng Bokrang is Darjeeling, about 24 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kateng Bokrang.

Kateng Bokrang 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.

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