About Naku Village

Naku is a mid sized village in Gyalshing tehsil, in the district of West District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,251, made up of 619 males and 632 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,021 females per 1000 males. The village covers 324.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Naku Overview

Census 2011 figures for Naku village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	West District
Tehsil	Gyalshing
Pincode	737113
Area (hectares)	324.28 hectares
Population	1,251
Male Population	619
Female Population	632
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,021
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Naku compares

By the 2011 count Naku is the 19th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 995 residents. Its 324.28 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 936.

Getting to Naku

Naku is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Naku 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. The nearest villages by name are Martam, Meli, Meliaching and Mengyong. 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.

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Common questions about Naku

As per the Census of India 2011, Naku village had a population of 1,251. That makes it the 19th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 995 residents.

Naku village has 619 males and 632 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Naku has about 1021 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 936.

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

Naku covers 324.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Naku notes the nearest railway station 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 Naku.

Naku 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.