About Kongri Village

Kongri is a mid sized village in Gyalshing tehsil, in the district of West District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 500, made up of 261 males and 239 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 916 females per 1000 males. The village covers 631.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kongri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kongri village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	West District
Tehsil	Gyalshing
Pincode	737111
Area (hectares)	631.72 hectares
Population	500
Male Population	261
Female Population	239
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	916
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 Kongri compares

By the 2011 count Kongri is the 53rd largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 995 residents. Its 631.72 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 936.

Getting to Kongri

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

Kongri lies about 24 km from West District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 50 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 Kongri
Tehsil headquarters	Gyalshing	24 km
District headquarters	West District	24 km
Nearest town	Gangtok	48 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	50 km

Villages closest to Kongri

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 Kongri

As per the Census of India 2011, Kongri village had a population of 500. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 995 residents.

Kongri village has 261 males and 239 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kongri has about 916 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 936.

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

Kongri covers 631.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Kongri is Darjeeling, about 50 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 Kongri.

Kongri is about 24 km from West District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kongri is in Gyalshing tehsil of West District district. Gyalshing is about 24 km away. West District is about 24 km away. Gangtok is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.