About Yangthang Village

Yangthang is a large village in Gyalshing tehsil, in the district of West District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,931, made up of 1,506 males and 1,425 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 946 females per 1000 males. The village covers 525.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Yangthang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yangthang village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	West District
Tehsil	Gyalshing
Pincode	737111
Area (hectares)	525.68 hectares
Population	2,931
Male Population	1,506
Female Population	1,425
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	946
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Yangthang compares

By the 2011 count Yangthang is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 995 residents. Its 525.68 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 936.

Getting to Yangthang

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

Yangthang lies about 2.0 km from West District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 27 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 Yangthang
Tehsil headquarters	Gyalshing	2.0 km
District headquarters	West District	2.0 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	27 km
Nearest town	Dārjiling	28 km

Villages closest to Yangthang

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 Yangthang

As per the Census of India 2011, Yangthang village had a population of 2,931. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 995 residents.

Yangthang village has 1,506 males and 1,425 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yangthang has about 946 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 936.

The pincode recorded for Yangthang is 737111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Yangthang covers 525.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Yangthang is Darjeeling, about 27 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 Yangthang.

Yangthang is about 2.0 km from West District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Yangthang is in Gyalshing tehsil of West District district. Gyalshing is about 2.0 km away. West District is about 2.0 km away. Darjeeling is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.