About Nambu Village

Nambu is a mid sized village in Gyalshing tehsil, in the district of West District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,156, made up of 652 males and 504 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 773 females per 1000 males. The village covers 577.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nambu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nambu village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	West District
Tehsil	Gyalshing
Pincode	737113
Area (hectares)	577.03 hectares
Population	1,156
Male Population	652
Female Population	504
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	773
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 Nambu compares

By the 2011 count Nambu is the 23rd largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 995 residents. Its 577.03 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 Nambu

Nambu is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Nambu 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 Nambu from other places

Nambu lies about 10 km from West District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 32 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 Nambu
Tehsil headquarters	Gyalshing	10 km
District headquarters	West District	10 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	32 km
Nearest town	Dārjiling	33 km

Villages closest to Nambu

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 Nambu

As per the Census of India 2011, Nambu village had a population of 1,156. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 995 residents.

Nambu village has 652 males and 504 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nambu has about 773 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 Nambu is 737113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nambu covers 577.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Nambu is Darjeeling, about 32 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 Nambu.

Nambu is about 10 km from West District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nambu is in Gyalshing tehsil of West District district. Gyalshing is about 10 km away. West District is about 10 km away. Darjeeling is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.