About Turuk Village

Turuk is a mid sized village in Namchi tehsil, in the district of South District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,050, made up of 540 males and 510 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 413.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Turuk Overview

Census 2011 figures for Turuk village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	South District
Tehsil	Namchi
Pincode	737128
Area (hectares)	413.85 hectares
Population	1,050
Male Population	540
Female Population	510
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	944
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Turuk compares

By the 2011 count Turuk is the 23rd largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 826 residents. Its 413.85 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Turuk

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

Turuk lies about 8.0 km from South District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 16 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 Turuk
Tehsil headquarters	Namchi	8.0 km
District headquarters	South District	8.0 km
Nearest town	Dārjiling	16 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	16 km

Villages closest to Turuk

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 Turuk

As per the Census of India 2011, Turuk village had a population of 1,050. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 826 residents.

Turuk village has 540 males and 510 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Turuk has about 944 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 Turuk is 737128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Turuk covers 413.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Turuk is Darjeeling, about 16 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 Turuk.

Turuk is about 8.0 km from South District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Turuk is in Namchi tehsil of South District district. Namchi is about 8.0 km away. South District is about 8.0 km away. Dārjiling is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.