About Sumbuk Village

Sumbuk is a mid sized village in Namchi tehsil, in the district of South District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,069, made up of 584 males and 485 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 830 females per 1000 males. The village covers 116.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sumbuk Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sumbuk village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	South District
Tehsil	Namchi
Pincode	737128
Area (hectares)	116.44 hectares
Population	1,069
Male Population	584
Female Population	485
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	830
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sumbuk compares

By the 2011 count Sumbuk is the 20th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 826 residents. Its 116.44 hectares work out to about 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Sumbuk

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

Sumbuk lies about 5.3 km from South District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 14 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 Sumbuk
Tehsil headquarters	Namchi	5.3 km
District headquarters	South District	5.3 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	14 km
Nearest town	Dārjiling	14 km

Villages closest to Sumbuk

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 Sumbuk

As per the Census of India 2011, Sumbuk village had a population of 1,069. That makes it the 20th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 826 residents.

Sumbuk village has 584 males and 485 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sumbuk has about 830 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 Sumbuk is 737128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sumbuk covers 116.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Sumbuk is Darjeeling, about 14 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 10+ km distance for Sumbuk.

Sumbuk 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.

Sumbuk 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 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.