About Nagi Village

Nagi is a mid sized village in Namchi tehsil, in the district of South District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 988, made up of 513 males and 475 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 426.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737132, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nagi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nagi village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	South District
Tehsil	Namchi
Pincode	737132
Area (hectares)	426.47 hectares
Population	988
Male Population	513
Female Population	475
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	926
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Nagi compares

By the 2011 count Nagi is the 28th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 826 residents. Its 426.47 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Nagi

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

Nagi lies about 8.7 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 Nagi
Tehsil headquarters	Namchi	8.7 km
District headquarters	South District	8.7 km
Nearest town	Kālimpong	23 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	24 km

Villages closest to Nagi

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 Nagi

As per the Census of India 2011, Nagi village had a population of 988. That makes it the 28th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 826 residents.

Nagi village has 513 males and 475 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nagi has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 937.

The pincode recorded for Nagi is 737132. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nagi covers 426.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Nagi 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Nagi.

Nagi is about 8.7 km from South District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nagi is in Namchi tehsil of South District district. Namchi is about 8.7 km away. South District is about 8.7 km away. Kālimpong is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.