About Phong Village

Phong is a mid sized village in Namchi tehsil, in the district of South District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 680, made up of 362 males and 318 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 346.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737132, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Phong Overview

Census 2011 figures for Phong village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	South District
Tehsil	Namchi
Pincode	737132
Area (hectares)	346.99 hectares
Population	680
Male Population	362
Female Population	318
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	878
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Phong compares

By the 2011 count Phong is the 54th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 826 residents. Its 346.99 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 Phong

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

Phong lies about 7.4 km from South District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 22 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 Phong
Tehsil headquarters	Namchi	7.4 km
District headquarters	South District	7.4 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	22 km
Nearest town	Dārjiling	22 km

Villages closest to Phong

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 Phong

As per the Census of India 2011, Phong village had a population of 680. That makes it the 54th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 826 residents.

Phong village has 362 males and 318 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Phong has about 878 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 Phong is 737132. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Phong covers 346.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Phong is Darjeeling, about 22 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 Phong.

Phong is about 7.4 km from South District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Phong is in Namchi tehsil of South District district. Namchi is about 7.4 km away. South District is about 7.4 km away. Darjeeling is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.