About Brong Village

Brong is a mid sized village in Ravong tehsil, in the district of South District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,033, made up of 537 males and 496 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 924 females per 1000 males. The village covers 744.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737139, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Brong Overview

Census 2011 figures for Brong village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	South District
Tehsil	Ravong
Pincode	737139
Area (hectares)	744.72 hectares
Population	1,033
Male Population	537
Female Population	496
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	924
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 Brong compares

By the 2011 count Brong is the 20th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,042 residents. Its 744.72 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 897.

Getting to Brong

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

Brong lies about 3.9 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 Brong
Tehsil headquarters	Ravong	3.9 km
District headquarters	South District	3.9 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	14 km
Nearest town	Dārjiling	15 km

Villages closest to Brong

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ravong 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 Brong

As per the Census of India 2011, Brong village had a population of 1,033. That makes it the 20th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,042 residents.

Brong village has 537 males and 496 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Brong has about 924 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 897.

The pincode recorded for Brong is 737139. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Brong covers 744.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Brong falls under Ravong tehsil of South District district in Sikkim.

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

Brong is about 3.9 km from South District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Brong is in Ravong tehsil of South District district. Ravong is about 3.9 km away. South District is about 3.9 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.