About Kopchey Village

Kopchey is a mid sized village in Namchi tehsil, in the district of South District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 727, made up of 345 males and 382 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,107 females per 1000 males. The village covers 232.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kopchey Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kopchey village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	South District
Tehsil	Namchi
Pincode	737126
Area (hectares)	232.63 hectares
Population	727
Male Population	345
Female Population	382
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,107
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kopchey compares

By the 2011 count Kopchey is the 52nd largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 826 residents. Its 232.63 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Kopchey

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

Kopchey lies about under 2 km from South District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 16 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 Kopchey
Tehsil headquarters	Namchi	under 2 km
District headquarters	South District	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	16 km
Nearest town	Dārjiling	16 km

Villages closest to Kopchey

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.

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Kopchey

As per the Census of India 2011, Kopchey village had a population of 727. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 826 residents.

Kopchey village has 345 males and 382 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kopchey has about 1107 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 937.

The pincode recorded for Kopchey is 737126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kopchey covers 232.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Kopchey is Darjeeling, about 16 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 Kopchey.

Kopchey is about under 2 km from South District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kopchey is in Namchi tehsil of South District district. Namchi is about under 2 km away. South District is about under 2 km away. Darjeeling is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.