About Lingdong Village

Lingdong is a mid sized village in Ravong tehsil, in the district of South District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 506, made up of 283 males and 223 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 788 females per 1000 males. The village covers 394.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737139, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lingdong Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lingdong village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	South District
Tehsil	Ravong
Pincode	737139
Area (hectares)	394.88 hectares
Population	506
Male Population	283
Female Population	223
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	788
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 Lingdong compares

By the 2011 count Lingdong is the 36th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,042 residents. Its 394.88 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 Lingdong

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

Lingdong lies about 3.2 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 Lingdong
Tehsil headquarters	Ravong	3.2 km
District headquarters	South District	3.2 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	16 km
Nearest town	Dārjiling	17 km

Villages closest to Lingdong

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 Lingdong

As per the Census of India 2011, Lingdong village had a population of 506. That makes it the 36th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,042 residents.

Lingdong village has 283 males and 223 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lingdong has about 788 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 Lingdong is 737139. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lingdong covers 394.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

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

Lingdong is about 3.2 km from South District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lingdong is in Ravong tehsil of South District district. Ravong is about 3.2 km away. South District is about 3.2 km away. Darjeeling is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.