About Yangyang Village

Yangyang is a mid sized village in Ravong tehsil, in the district of South District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,505, made up of 762 males and 743 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 975 females per 1000 males. The village covers 367.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737134, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Yangyang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yangyang village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	South District
Tehsil	Ravong
Pincode	737134
Area (hectares)	367.04 hectares
Population	1,505
Male Population	762
Female Population	743
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	975
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 Yangyang compares

By the 2011 count Yangyang is the 10th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,042 residents. Its 367.04 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 897.

Getting to Yangyang

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

Yangyang lies about 13 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 Yangyang
Tehsil headquarters	Ravong	13 km
District headquarters	South District	13 km
Nearest town	Gangtok	21 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	30 km

Villages closest to Yangyang

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 Yangyang

As per the Census of India 2011, Yangyang village had a population of 1,505. That makes it the 10th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,042 residents.

Yangyang village has 762 males and 743 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yangyang has about 975 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 897.

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

Yangyang covers 367.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Yangyang 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 Yangyang.

Yangyang is about 13 km from South District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Yangyang is in Ravong tehsil of South District district. Ravong is about 13 km away. South District is about 13 km away. Gangtok is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.