About Ralong Monastery Village

Ralong Monastery is a small village in Ravong tehsil, in the district of South District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 300, made up of 277 males and 23 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 83 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 737139, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ralong Monastery Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ralong Monastery village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	South District
Tehsil	Ravong
Pincode	737139
Population	300
Male Population	277
Female Population	23
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	83
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 Ralong Monastery compares

By the 2011 count Ralong Monastery is the 43rd largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,042 residents. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 897.

Getting to Ralong Monastery

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

Ralong Monastery lies about 16 km from South District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 32 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 Ralong Monastery
Tehsil headquarters	Ravong	16 km
District headquarters	South District	16 km
Nearest town	Gangtok	16 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	32 km

Villages closest to Ralong Monastery

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 Ralong Monastery

As per the Census of India 2011, Ralong Monastery village had a population of 300. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,042 residents.

Ralong Monastery village has 277 males and 23 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ralong Monastery has about 83 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 Ralong Monastery is 737139. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ralong Monastery falls under Ravong tehsil of South District district in Sikkim.

The nearest railway station to Ralong Monastery is Darjeeling, about 32 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 Ralong Monastery.

Ralong Monastery is about 16 km from South District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ralong Monastery is in Ravong tehsil of South District district. Ravong is about 16 km away. South District is about 16 km away. Gangtok is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.