About Lingmo Village

Lingmo is a small village in Ravong tehsil, in the district of South District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 297, made up of 161 males and 136 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 845 females per 1000 males. The village covers 351.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737134, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lingmo Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lingmo village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	South District
Tehsil	Ravong
Pincode	737134
Area (hectares)	351.03 hectares
Population	297
Male Population	161
Female Population	136
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	845
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 Lingmo compares

By the 2011 count Lingmo is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,042 residents. Its 351.03 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 897.

Getting to Lingmo

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

Lingmo lies about 22 km from South District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 39 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 Lingmo
Nearest town	Gangtok	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ravong	22 km
District headquarters	South District	22 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	39 km

Villages closest to Lingmo

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 Lingmo

As per the Census of India 2011, Lingmo village had a population of 297. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,042 residents.

Lingmo village has 161 males and 136 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lingmo has about 845 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 897.

The pincode recorded for Lingmo is 737134. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lingmo covers 351.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Lingmo is Darjeeling, about 39 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 Lingmo.

Lingmo is about 22 km from South District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lingmo is in Ravong tehsil of South District district. Gangtok is about 14 km away. Ravong is about 22 km away. South District is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.