About Pemayangtse Monastery Village

Pemayangtse Monastery is a small village in Gyalshing tehsil, in the district of West District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 182, made up of 116 males and 66 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 569 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 737113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pemayangtse Monastery Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pemayangtse Monastery village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	West District
Tehsil	Gyalshing
Pincode	737113
Population	182
Male Population	116
Female Population	66
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	569
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pemayangtse Monastery compares

By the 2011 count Pemayangtse Monastery is the 65th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 995 residents. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 936.

Getting to Pemayangtse Monastery

Pemayangtse Monastery is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Pemayangtse Monastery 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Pemayangtse Monastery from other places

Pemayangtse Monastery lies about under 2 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 Pemayangtse Monastery
Tehsil headquarters	Gyalshing	under 2 km
District headquarters	West District	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	29 km
Nearest town	Dārjiling	30 km

Villages closest to Pemayangtse Monastery

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 Pemayangtse Monastery

As per the Census of India 2011, Pemayangtse Monastery village had a population of 182. That makes it the 65th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 995 residents.

Pemayangtse Monastery village has 116 males and 66 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pemayangtse Monastery has about 569 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 Pemayangtse Monastery is 737113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pemayangtse Monastery falls under Gyalshing tehsil of West District district in Sikkim.

The nearest railway station to Pemayangtse Monastery is Darjeeling, about 29 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Pemayangtse Monastery.

Pemayangtse Monastery is about under 2 km from West District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pemayangtse Monastery is in Gyalshing tehsil of West District district. Gyalshing is about under 2 km away. West District is about under 2 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 Gyalshing (under 2 km), Gyalshing Forest Block (under 2 km) and Pelling Forest Blocks (under 2 km).

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