About Longchok Village

Longchok is a mid sized village in Namchi tehsil, in the district of South District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 901, made up of 444 males and 457 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,029 females per 1000 males. The village covers 324.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Longchok Overview

Census 2011 figures for Longchok village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	South District
Tehsil	Namchi
Pincode	737128
Area (hectares)	324.28 hectares
Population	901
Male Population	444
Female Population	457
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,029
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 Longchok compares

By the 2011 count Longchok is the 36th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 826 residents. Its 324.28 hectares work out to about 2.8 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 Longchok

Longchok is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Longchok 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. The nearest villages by name are Kartickey, Kateng Bokrang, Kerabari and Kitam. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Longchok

As per the Census of India 2011, Longchok village had a population of 901. That makes it the 36th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 826 residents.

Longchok village has 444 males and 457 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Longchok has about 1029 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 937.

The pincode recorded for Longchok is 737128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Longchok covers 324.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Longchok notes the nearest railway station 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 Longchok.

Longchok is in Namchi tehsil of South District district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.