About Sapong Village

Sapong is a mid sized village in Gyalshing tehsil, in the district of West District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 717, made up of 385 males and 332 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 862 females per 1000 males. The village covers 248.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sapong Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sapong village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	West District
Tehsil	Gyalshing
Pincode	737113
Area (hectares)	248.47 hectares
Population	717
Male Population	385
Female Population	332
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	862
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 Sapong compares

By the 2011 count Sapong is the 36th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 995 residents. Its 248.47 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 936.

Getting to Sapong

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

Sapong lies about 30 km from West District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 34 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 Sapong
Nearest town	Gangtok	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gyalshing	30 km
District headquarters	West District	30 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	34 km

Villages closest to Sapong

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 Sapong

As per the Census of India 2011, Sapong village had a population of 717. That makes it the 36th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 995 residents.

Sapong village has 385 males and 332 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sapong has about 862 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 936.

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

Sapong covers 248.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Sapong is Darjeeling, about 34 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 Sapong.

Sapong is about 30 km from West District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sapong is in Gyalshing tehsil of West District district. Gangtok is about 15 km away. Gyalshing is about 30 km away. West District is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.