About Tashiding Village

Tashiding is a mid sized village in Gyalshing tehsil, in the district of West District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,478, made up of 762 males and 716 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 940 females per 1000 males. The village covers 663.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tashiding Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tashiding village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	West District
Tehsil	Gyalshing
Pincode	737111
Area (hectares)	663.11 hectares
Population	1,478
Male Population	762
Female Population	716
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	940
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 compares

By the 2011 count Tashiding is the 15th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 995 residents. Its 663.11 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 936.

Getting to Tashiding

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

Tashiding 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
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

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Tashiding village had a population of 1,478. That makes it the 15th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 995 residents.

Tashiding village has 762 males and 716 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tashiding has about 940 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 936.

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

Tashiding covers 663.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Tashiding 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.

Tashiding 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 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.