About Turung Village

Turung is a mid sized village in Namchi tehsil, in the district of South District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,121, made up of 578 males and 543 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 939 females per 1000 males. The village covers 506 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737132, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Turung Overview

Census 2011 figures for Turung village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	South District
Tehsil	Namchi
Pincode	737132
Area (hectares)	506 hectares
Population	1,121
Male Population	578
Female Population	543
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	939
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Turung compares

By the 2011 count Turung is the 18th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 826 residents. Its 506 hectares work out to about 2.2 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 Turung

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

Turung lies about 14 km from South District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 27 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 Turung
Tehsil headquarters	Namchi	14 km
District headquarters	South District	14 km
Nearest town	Kālimpong	17 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	27 km

Villages closest to Turung

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 Turung

As per the Census of India 2011, Turung village had a population of 1,121. That makes it the 18th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 826 residents.

Turung village has 578 males and 543 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Turung has about 939 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 Turung is 737132. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Turung covers 506 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Turung is Darjeeling, about 27 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 Turung.

Turung is about 14 km from South District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Turung is in Namchi tehsil of South District district. Namchi is about 14 km away. South District is about 14 km away. Kālimpong is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.