About Parbing Village

Parbing is a mid sized village in Namchi tehsil, in the district of South District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,617, made up of 817 males and 800 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 979 females per 1000 males. The village covers 550.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Parbing Overview

Census 2011 figures for Parbing village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	South District
Tehsil	Namchi
Pincode	737126
Area (hectares)	550.69 hectares
Population	1,617
Male Population	817
Female Population	800
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	979
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 Parbing compares

By the 2011 count Parbing is the 7th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 826 residents. Its 550.69 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Parbing

Parbing is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Parbing 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 Parbing from other places

Parbing lies about 4.7 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 Parbing
Tehsil headquarters	Namchi	4.7 km
District headquarters	South District	4.7 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	21 km
Nearest town	Dārjiling	22 km

Villages closest to Parbing

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 Parbing

As per the Census of India 2011, Parbing village had a population of 1,617. That makes it the 7th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 826 residents.

Parbing village has 817 males and 800 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Parbing has about 979 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 937.

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

Parbing covers 550.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Parbing 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Parbing.

Parbing is about 4.7 km from South District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Parbing is in Namchi tehsil of South District district. Namchi is about 4.7 km away. South District is about 4.7 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.