About Yuksam Village

Yuksam is a mid sized village in Gyalshing tehsil, in the district of West District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,855, made up of 999 males and 856 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 857 females per 1000 males. The village covers 812.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Yuksam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yuksam village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	West District
Tehsil	Gyalshing
Pincode	737113
Area (hectares)	812.16 hectares
Population	1,855
Male Population	999
Female Population	856
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	857
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 Yuksam compares

By the 2011 count Yuksam is the 9th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 995 residents. Its 812.16 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 936.

Getting to Yuksam

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

Yuksam lies about 9.5 km from West District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 37 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 Yuksam
Tehsil headquarters	Gyalshing	9.5 km
District headquarters	West District	9.5 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	37 km
Nearest town	Dārjiling	38 km

Villages closest to Yuksam

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 Yuksam

As per the Census of India 2011, Yuksam village had a population of 1,855. That makes it the 9th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 995 residents.

Yuksam village has 999 males and 856 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yuksam has about 857 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 Yuksam is 737113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Yuksam covers 812.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Yuksam is Darjeeling, about 37 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 Yuksam.

Yuksam is about 9.5 km from West District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Yuksam is in Gyalshing tehsil of West District district. Gyalshing is about 9.5 km away. West District is about 9.5 km away. Darjeeling is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.