About Wak Village

Wak is a mid sized village in Namchi tehsil, in the district of South District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 781, made up of 408 males and 373 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 914 females per 1000 males. The village covers 345.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Wak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Wak village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	South District
Tehsil	Namchi
Pincode	737126
Area (hectares)	345.47 hectares
Population	781
Male Population	408
Female Population	373
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	914
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 Wak compares

By the 2011 count Wak is the 47th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 826 residents. Its 345.47 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, a little below the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Wak

Wak is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Wak 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Wak from other places

Wak lies about 5.3 km from South District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 21 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 Wak
Tehsil headquarters	Namchi	5.3 km
District headquarters	South District	5.3 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	21 km
Nearest town	Dārjiling	21 km

Villages closest to Wak

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 Wak

As per the Census of India 2011, Wak village had a population of 781. That makes it the 47th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 826 residents.

Wak village has 408 males and 373 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Wak has about 914 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 937.

The pincode recorded for Wak is 737126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Wak covers 345.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Wak is Darjeeling, about 21 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Wak.

Wak is about 5.3 km from South District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Wak is in Namchi tehsil of South District district. Namchi is about 5.3 km away. South District is about 5.3 km away. Darjeeling is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.