About Yangten Village

Yangten is a mid sized village in Gyalshing tehsil, in the district of West District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,117, made up of 585 males and 532 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 909 females per 1000 males. The village covers 471.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Yangten Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yangten village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	West District
Tehsil	Gyalshing
Pincode	737111
Area (hectares)	471.57 hectares
Population	1,117
Male Population	585
Female Population	532
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	909
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Yangten compares

By the 2011 count Yangten is the 24th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 995 residents. Its 471.57 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 936.

Getting to Yangten

Yangten is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Yangten as Available within 5 - 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. The nearest villages by name are Tingle Ii, Topung, Tsozo and Umchung. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Yangten

As per the Census of India 2011, Yangten village had a population of 1,117. That makes it the 24th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 995 residents.

Yangten village has 585 males and 532 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yangten has about 909 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 936.

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

Yangten covers 471.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Yangten notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Yangten.

Yangten is in Gyalshing tehsil of West District district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.