About Tinkitam Village

Tinkitam is a mid sized village in Ravong tehsil, in the district of South District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 749, made up of 405 males and 344 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 849 females per 1000 males. The village covers 526.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tinkitam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tinkitam village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	South District
Tehsil	Ravong
Pincode	737126
Area (hectares)	526.02 hectares
Population	749
Male Population	405
Female Population	344
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	849
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 Tinkitam compares

By the 2011 count Tinkitam is the 29th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,042 residents. Its 526.02 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 Tinkitam

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

Tinkitam lies about 8.9 km from South District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 23 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 Tinkitam
Tehsil headquarters	Ravong	8.9 km
District headquarters	South District	8.9 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	23 km
Nearest town	Dārjiling	24 km

Villages closest to Tinkitam

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 Tinkitam

As per the Census of India 2011, Tinkitam village had a population of 749. That makes it the 29th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,042 residents.

Tinkitam village has 405 males and 344 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tinkitam has about 849 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 Tinkitam is 737126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tinkitam covers 526.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Tinkitam is Darjeeling, about 23 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 Tinkitam.

Tinkitam is about 8.9 km from South District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tinkitam is in Ravong tehsil of South District district. Ravong is about 8.9 km away. South District is about 8.9 km away. Darjeeling is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.