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About Liching Village

Liching is a small village in Gyalshing tehsil, in the district of West District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 215, made up of 117 males and 98 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 838 females per 1000 males. The village covers 98.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Liching Overview

Census 2011 figures for Liching village
Description Value
State Sikkim
District West District
Tehsil Gyalshing
Pincode 737113
Area (hectares) 98.85 hectares
Population 215
Male Population 117
Female Population 98
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 838
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Liching compares

By the 2011 count Liching is the 64th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 995 residents. Its 98.85 hectares work out to about 2.2 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 Liching

Liching is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Liching as Available within <5 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. The nearest villages by name are Kyonsda, Labdang, Labing and Laso. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.

Common questions about Liching

As per the Census of India 2011, Liching village had a population of 215. That makes it the 64th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 995 residents.

Liching village has 117 males and 98 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Liching has about 838 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 Liching is 737113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Liching covers 98.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Liching notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Liching.

Liching is in Gyalshing tehsil of West District district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Liching today is likely to be higher.

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