About Martam Village

Martam is a mid sized village in Gyalshing tehsil, in the district of West District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,963, made up of 1,001 males and 962 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 961 females per 1000 males. The village covers 520.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Martam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Martam village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	West District
Tehsil	Gyalshing
Pincode	737113
Area (hectares)	520.85 hectares
Population	1,963
Male Population	1,001
Female Population	962
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	961
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Martam compares

By the 2011 count Martam is the 7th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 995 residents. Its 520.85 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 936.

Getting to Martam

Martam is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Martam as Available within village. 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 Martam from other places

Martam lies about 6.0 km from West 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 Martam
Tehsil headquarters	Gyalshing	6.0 km
District headquarters	West District	6.0 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	23 km
Nearest town	Dārjiling	24 km

Villages closest to Martam

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gyalshing 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 Martam

As per the Census of India 2011, Martam village had a population of 1,963. That makes it the 7th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 995 residents.

Martam village has 1,001 males and 962 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Martam has about 961 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 936.

The pincode recorded for Martam is 737113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Martam covers 520.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Martam falls under Gyalshing tehsil of West District district in Sikkim.

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

Martam is about 6.0 km from West District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Martam is in Gyalshing tehsil of West District district. Gyalshing is about 6.0 km away. West District is about 6.0 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.