About Karmatar Village

Karmatar is a mid sized village in Gyalshing tehsil, in the district of West District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,284, made up of 687 males and 597 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 869 females per 1000 males. The village covers 445.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karmatar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karmatar village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	West District
Tehsil	Gyalshing
Pincode	737113
Area (hectares)	445.27 hectares
Population	1,284
Male Population	687
Female Population	597
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	869
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karmatar compares

By the 2011 count Karmatar is the 18th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 995 residents. Its 445.27 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 Karmatar

Karmatar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Karmatar as Available within 5 - 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 Karmatar from other places

Karmatar lies about 19 km from West District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 9.4 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 Karmatar
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	9.4 km
Nearest town	Dārjiling	9.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gyalshing	19 km
District headquarters	West District	19 km

Villages closest to Karmatar

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 Karmatar

As per the Census of India 2011, Karmatar village had a population of 1,284. That makes it the 18th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 995 residents.

Karmatar village has 687 males and 597 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karmatar has about 869 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 Karmatar is 737113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karmatar covers 445.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Karmatar is Darjeeling, about 9.4 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Karmatar.

Karmatar is about 19 km from West District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karmatar is in Gyalshing tehsil of West District district. Darjeeling is about 9.4 km away. Dārjiling is about 9.9 km away. Gyalshing is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.