About Singlitam Village

Singlitam is a small village in Gyalshing tehsil, in the district of West District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 476, made up of 258 males and 218 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 845 females per 1000 males. The village covers 246.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Singlitam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Singlitam village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	West District
Tehsil	Gyalshing
Pincode	737113
Area (hectares)	246.95 hectares
Population	476
Male Population	258
Female Population	218
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	845
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Singlitam compares

By the 2011 count Singlitam is the 56th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 995 residents. Its 246.95 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 936.

Getting to Singlitam

Singlitam is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Singlitam as Available within 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 Singlitam from other places

Singlitam lies about 18 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 Singlitam
Tehsil headquarters	Gyalshing	18 km
District headquarters	West District	18 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	32 km
Nearest town	Dārjiling	33 km

Villages closest to Singlitam

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 Singlitam

As per the Census of India 2011, Singlitam village had a population of 476. That makes it the 56th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 995 residents.

Singlitam village has 258 males and 218 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Singlitam has about 845 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 Singlitam is 737113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Singlitam covers 246.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Singlitam 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Singlitam.

Singlitam is about 18 km from West District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Singlitam is in Gyalshing tehsil of West District district. Gyalshing is about 18 km away. West District is about 18 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.