About Palum Village

Palum is a small village in Namchi tehsil, in the district of South District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 204, made up of 102 males and 102 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 144.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palum Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palum village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	South District
Tehsil	Namchi
Pincode	737126
Area (hectares)	144.42 hectares
Population	204
Male Population	102
Female Population	102
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palum compares

By the 2011 count Palum is the 88th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 826 residents. Its 144.42 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Palum

Palum is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Palum as Available within 5 - 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 Palum from other places

Palum lies about 2.8 km from South District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 15 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 Palum
Tehsil headquarters	Namchi	2.8 km
District headquarters	South District	2.8 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	15 km
Nearest town	Dārjiling	15 km

Villages closest to Palum

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 Palum

As per the Census of India 2011, Palum village had a population of 204. That makes it the 88th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 826 residents.

Palum village has 102 males and 102 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palum has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 937.

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

Palum covers 144.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Palum is Darjeeling, about 15 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Palum.

Palum is about 2.8 km from South District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palum is in Namchi tehsil of South District district. Namchi is about 2.8 km away. South District is about 2.8 km away. Darjeeling is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.