About Majhitar Forest Block Village

Majhitar Forest Block is a small village in Namchi tehsil, in the district of South District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 298, made up of 159 males and 139 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2407.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Majhitar Forest Block Overview

Census 2011 figures for Majhitar Forest Block village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	South District
Tehsil	Namchi
Pincode	737121
Area (hectares)	2407.68 hectares
Population	298
Male Population	159
Female Population	139
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	874
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Majhitar Forest Block compares

By the 2011 count Majhitar Forest Block is the 81st largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 826 residents. Its 2407.68 hectares work out to about 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Majhitar Forest Block

Majhitar Forest Block is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Majhitar Forest Block as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Majhitar Forest Block from other places

Majhitar Forest Block lies about 6.2 km from South District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 11 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 Majhitar Forest Block
Tehsil headquarters	Namchi	6.2 km
District headquarters	South District	6.2 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	11 km
Nearest town	Dārjiling	11 km

Villages closest to Majhitar Forest Block

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 Majhitar Forest Block

As per the Census of India 2011, Majhitar Forest Block village had a population of 298. That makes it the 81st largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 826 residents.

Majhitar Forest Block village has 159 males and 139 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Majhitar Forest Block 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 Majhitar Forest Block is 737121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Majhitar Forest Block covers 2407.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Majhitar Forest Block falls under Namchi tehsil of South District district in Sikkim.

The nearest railway station to Majhitar Forest Block is Darjeeling, about 11 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 village for Majhitar Forest Block.

Majhitar Forest Block is about 6.2 km from South District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Majhitar Forest Block is in Namchi tehsil of South District district. Namchi is about 6.2 km away. South District is about 6.2 km away. Darjeeling is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gom (under 2 km), Jorethang Forest Block (under 2 km) and Kitam (2.3 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Majhitar Forest Block today is likely to be higher.