About Bara Samdong Village

Bara Samdong is a mid sized village in Soreng tehsil, in the district of West District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,385, made up of 707 males and 678 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 959 females per 1000 males. The village covers 400.518 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bara Samdong Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bara Samdong village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	West District
Tehsil	Soreng
Pincode	737111
Area (hectares)	400.518 hectares
Population	1,385
Male Population	707
Female Population	678
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	959
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 Bara Samdong compares

By the 2011 count Bara Samdong is the 17th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,244 residents. Its 400.518 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Bara Samdong

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

Bara Samdong lies about 12 km from West District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 16 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 Bara Samdong
Tehsil headquarters	Soreng	3.1 km
District headquarters	West District	12 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	16 km
Nearest town	Dārjiling	17 km

Villages closest to Bara Samdong

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Soreng 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 Bara Samdong

As per the Census of India 2011, Bara Samdong village had a population of 1,385. That makes it the 17th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,244 residents.

Bara Samdong village has 707 males and 678 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bara Samdong has about 959 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 944.

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

Bara Samdong covers 400.518 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bara Samdong falls under Soreng tehsil of West District district in Sikkim.

The nearest railway station to Bara Samdong is Darjeeling, about 16 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 Bara Samdong.

Bara Samdong is about 12 km from West District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bara Samdong is in Soreng tehsil of West District district. Soreng is about 3.1 km away. West District is about 12 km away. Darjeeling is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.