About Tashiding Forest Block Village

Tashiding Forest Block is a small village in Gyalshing tehsil, in the district of West District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 115, made up of 57 males and 58 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,018 females per 1000 males. The village covers 8489.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tashiding Forest Block Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tashiding Forest Block village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	West District
Tehsil	Gyalshing
Pincode	737111
Area (hectares)	8489.36 hectares
Population	115
Male Population	57
Female Population	58
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,018
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 Tashiding Forest Block compares

By the 2011 count Tashiding Forest Block is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 995 residents. Its 8489.36 hectares work out to about 0.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 936.

Getting to Tashiding Forest Block

Tashiding Forest Block is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Tashiding Forest Block 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 Tashiding Forest Block from other places

Tashiding Forest Block lies about 4.6 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 Tashiding Forest Block
Tehsil headquarters	Gyalshing	4.6 km
District headquarters	West District	4.6 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	32 km
Nearest town	Gangtok	32 km

Villages closest to Tashiding Forest Block

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 Tashiding Forest Block

As per the Census of India 2011, Tashiding Forest Block village had a population of 115. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 995 residents.

Tashiding Forest Block village has 57 males and 58 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tashiding Forest Block has about 1018 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 936.

The pincode recorded for Tashiding Forest Block is 737111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tashiding Forest Block covers 8489.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Tashiding Forest Block falls under Gyalshing tehsil of West District district in Sikkim.

The nearest railway station to Tashiding Forest Block 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 Tashiding Forest Block.

Tashiding Forest Block is about 4.6 km from West District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tashiding Forest Block is in Gyalshing tehsil of West District district. Gyalshing is about 4.6 km away. West District is about 4.6 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.

The closest recorded villages are Tashiding (under 2 km), Gerethang (4.2 km) and Pemayangtse Monastery (4.5 km).

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