About Namlung Village

Namlung is a mid sized village in Ravong tehsil, in the district of South District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 947, made up of 490 males and 457 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 644.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737139, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Namlung Overview

Census 2011 figures for Namlung village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	South District
Tehsil	Ravong
Pincode	737139
Area (hectares)	644.11 hectares
Population	947
Male Population	490
Female Population	457
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	933
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 Namlung compares

By the 2011 count Namlung is the 21st largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,042 residents. Its 644.11 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 Namlung

Namlung is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Namlung 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. The nearest villages by name are Lingmo Forest Block, Lingzo, Lower Paiyong and Mangbrue. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Namlung

As per the Census of India 2011, Namlung village had a population of 947. That makes it the 21st largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,042 residents.

Namlung village has 490 males and 457 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Namlung has about 933 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 Namlung is 737139. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Namlung covers 644.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Namlung notes the nearest railway station 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 Namlung.

Namlung is in Ravong tehsil of South District district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.