About Tangji Village

Tangji is a mid sized village in Namchi tehsil, in the district of South District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 774, made up of 391 males and 383 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 980 females per 1000 males. The village covers 331.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tangji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tangji village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	South District
Tehsil	Namchi
Pincode	737128
Area (hectares)	331.48 hectares
Population	774
Male Population	391
Female Population	383
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	980
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Tangji compares

By the 2011 count Tangji is the 48th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 826 residents. Its 331.48 hectares work out to about 2.3 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 Tangji

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

Tangji lies about 9.0 km from South District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 24 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 Tangji
Tehsil headquarters	Namchi	9.0 km
District headquarters	South District	9.0 km
Nearest town	Kālimpong	22 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	24 km

Villages closest to Tangji

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 Tangji

As per the Census of India 2011, Tangji village had a population of 774. That makes it the 48th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 826 residents.

Tangji village has 391 males and 383 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tangji has about 980 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 Tangji is 737128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tangji covers 331.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Tangji is Darjeeling, about 24 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 Tangji.

Tangji is about 9.0 km from South District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tangji is in Namchi tehsil of South District district. Namchi is about 9.0 km away. South District is about 9.0 km away. Kālimpong is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.