About Umchung Village

Umchung is a large village in Gyalshing tehsil, in the district of West District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,035, made up of 1,050 males and 985 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 223.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Umchung Overview

Census 2011 figures for Umchung village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	West District
Tehsil	Gyalshing
Pincode	737111
Area (hectares)	223.85 hectares
Population	2,035
Male Population	1,050
Female Population	985
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	938
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Umchung compares

By the 2011 count Umchung is the 6th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 995 residents. Its 223.85 hectares work out to about 9.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 936.

Getting to Umchung

Umchung is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Umchung 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 Umchung from other places

Umchung lies about 25 km from West District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 24 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 Umchung
Nearest town	Kālimpong	22 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gyalshing	25 km
District headquarters	West District	25 km

Villages closest to Umchung

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 Umchung

As per the Census of India 2011, Umchung village had a population of 2,035. That makes it the 6th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 995 residents.

Umchung village has 1,050 males and 985 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Umchung has about 938 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 Umchung is 737111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Umchung covers 223.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Umchung is Darjeeling, about 24 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 Umchung.

Umchung is about 25 km from West District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Umchung is in Gyalshing tehsil of West District district. Kālimpong is about 22 km away. Darjeeling is about 24 km away. Gyalshing is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.