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About Pelling Forest Blocks Village

Pelling Forest Blocks is a village in Gyalshing tehsil, in the district of West District, Sikkim. The village covers 6086.17 hectares hectares.

Pelling Forest Blocks Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pelling Forest Blocks village
Description Value
State Sikkim
District West District
Tehsil Gyalshing
Area (hectares) 6086.17 hectares

How far is Pelling Forest Blocks from other places

Pelling Forest Blocks lies about 2.5 km from West District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 29 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 Pelling Forest Blocks
Tehsil headquarters Gyalshing 2.5 km
District headquarters West District 2.5 km
Nearest railway station Darjeeling 29 km
Nearest town Dārjiling 30 km

Villages closest to Pelling Forest Blocks

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.

Common questions about Pelling Forest Blocks

Pelling Forest Blocks covers 6086.17 hectares as recorded in the census.

Pelling Forest Blocks falls under Gyalshing tehsil of West District district in Sikkim.

The nearest railway station to Pelling Forest Blocks is Darjeeling, about 29 km away in a straight line.

Pelling Forest Blocks is about 2.5 km from West District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pelling Forest Blocks is in Gyalshing tehsil of West District district. Gyalshing is about 2.5 km away. West District is about 2.5 km away. Darjeeling is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pemayangtse Monastery (under 2 km), Yangthang (1.9 km) and Gyalshing (2.5 km).

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

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