About Paiyong Village

Paiyong is a mid sized village in Namchi tehsil, in the district of South District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,054, made up of 548 males and 506 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 284.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Paiyong Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paiyong village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	South District
Tehsil	Namchi
Pincode	737128
Area (hectares)	284.9 hectares
Population	1,054
Male Population	548
Female Population	506
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	923
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Paiyong compares

By the 2011 count Paiyong is the 22nd largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 826 residents. Its 284.9 hectares work out to about 3.7 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 Paiyong

Paiyong is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Paiyong as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Paiyong from other places

Paiyong lies about 10 km from South District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 20 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 Paiyong
Tehsil headquarters	Namchi	10 km
District headquarters	South District	10 km
Nearest town	Kālimpong	20 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	20 km

Villages closest to Paiyong

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 Paiyong

As per the Census of India 2011, Paiyong village had a population of 1,054. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 826 residents.

Paiyong village has 548 males and 506 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paiyong has about 923 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 Paiyong is 737128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Paiyong covers 284.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Paiyong is Darjeeling, about 20 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 5 - 10 km distance for Paiyong.

Paiyong is about 10 km from South District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paiyong is in Namchi tehsil of South District district. Namchi is about 10 km away. South District is about 10 km away. Kālimpong is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.