About Rameng Village

Rameng is a mid sized village in Namchi tehsil, in the district of South District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 571, made up of 307 males and 264 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 860 females per 1000 males. The village covers 463.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rameng Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rameng village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	South District
Tehsil	Namchi
Pincode	737126
Area (hectares)	463.69 hectares
Population	571
Male Population	307
Female Population	264
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	860
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 Rameng compares

By the 2011 count Rameng is the 65th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 826 residents. Its 463.69 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Rameng

Rameng is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Rameng 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 Rameng from other places

Rameng lies about 8.1 km from South District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 25 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 Rameng
Tehsil headquarters	Namchi	8.1 km
District headquarters	South District	8.1 km
Nearest town	Gangtok	22 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	25 km

Villages closest to Rameng

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 Rameng

As per the Census of India 2011, Rameng village had a population of 571. That makes it the 65th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 826 residents.

Rameng village has 307 males and 264 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rameng has about 860 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 937.

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

Rameng covers 463.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Rameng is Darjeeling, about 25 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 Rameng.

Rameng is about 8.1 km from South District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rameng is in Namchi tehsil of South District district. Namchi is about 8.1 km away. South District is about 8.1 km away. Gangtok is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.