About Suntaley Village

Suntaley is a small village in Namchi tehsil, in the district of South District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 410, made up of 212 males and 198 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 934 females per 1000 males. The village covers 218.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Suntaley Overview

Census 2011 figures for Suntaley village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	South District
Tehsil	Namchi
Pincode	737128
Area (hectares)	218.8 hectares
Population	410
Male Population	212
Female Population	198
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	934
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 Suntaley compares

By the 2011 count Suntaley is the 74th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 826 residents. Its 218.8 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Suntaley

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

Suntaley lies about 9.1 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 Suntaley
Tehsil headquarters	Namchi	9.1 km
District headquarters	South District	9.1 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	15 km
Nearest town	Dārjiling	16 km

Villages closest to Suntaley

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 Suntaley

As per the Census of India 2011, Suntaley village had a population of 410. That makes it the 74th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 826 residents.

Suntaley village has 212 males and 198 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Suntaley has about 934 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 Suntaley is 737128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Suntaley covers 218.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

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

Suntaley is about 9.1 km from South District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Suntaley is in Namchi tehsil of South District district. Namchi is about 9.1 km away. South District is about 9.1 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.