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About Zarung Village

Zarung is a mid sized village in Ravong tehsil, in the district of South District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 874, made up of 468 males and 406 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 354.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737139, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Zarung Overview

Census 2011 figures for Zarung village
Description Value
State Sikkim
District South District
Tehsil Ravong
Pincode 737139
Area (hectares) 354.77 hectares
Population 874
Male Population 468
Female Population 406
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 868
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 Zarung compares

By the 2011 count Zarung is the 25th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,042 residents. Its 354.77 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 897.

Getting to Zarung

Zarung is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Zarung 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. The nearest villages by name are Tinkitam, Tokday, Upper Paiyong and Yangyang. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.

Common questions about Zarung

As per the Census of India 2011, Zarung village had a population of 874. That makes it the 25th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,042 residents.

Zarung village has 468 males and 406 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Zarung has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 897.

The pincode recorded for Zarung is 737139. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Zarung covers 354.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Zarung notes the nearest railway station 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 Zarung.

Zarung is in Ravong tehsil of South District district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Zarung today is likely to be higher.

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