About Lingi Village

Lingi is a mid sized village in Ravong tehsil, in the district of South District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,854, made up of 978 males and 876 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 576.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737134, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lingi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lingi village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	South District
Tehsil	Ravong
Pincode	737134
Area (hectares)	576.5 hectares
Population	1,854
Male Population	978
Female Population	876
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	896
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 Lingi compares

By the 2011 count Lingi is the 6th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,042 residents. Its 576.5 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 897.

Getting to Lingi

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

Lingi lies about 14 km from South District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 30 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 Lingi
Tehsil headquarters	Ravong	14 km
District headquarters	South District	14 km
Nearest town	Gangtok	17 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	30 km

Villages closest to Lingi

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 Lingi

As per the Census of India 2011, Lingi village had a population of 1,854. That makes it the 6th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,042 residents.

Lingi village has 978 males and 876 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lingi has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 897.

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

Lingi covers 576.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Lingi is Darjeeling, about 30 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 Lingi.

Lingi is about 14 km from South District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lingi is in Ravong tehsil of South District district. Ravong is about 14 km away. South District is about 14 km away. Gangtok is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.