About Burikhop Village

Burikhop is a large village in Soreng tehsil, in the district of West District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,167, made up of 1,084 males and 1,083 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 999 females per 1000 males. The village covers 779.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Burikhop Overview

Census 2011 figures for Burikhop village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	West District
Tehsil	Soreng
Pincode	737121
Area (hectares)	779.62 hectares
Population	2,167
Male Population	1,084
Female Population	1,083
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	999
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Burikhop compares

By the 2011 count Burikhop is the 5th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,244 residents. Its 779.62 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Burikhop

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

Burikhop lies about 15 km from West District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 18 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 Burikhop
Tehsil headquarters	Soreng	3.4 km
District headquarters	West District	15 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	18 km
Nearest town	Dārjiling	19 km

Villages closest to Burikhop

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 Burikhop

As per the Census of India 2011, Burikhop village had a population of 2,167. That makes it the 5th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,244 residents.

Burikhop village has 1,084 males and 1,083 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Burikhop has about 999 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 944.

The pincode recorded for Burikhop is 737121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Burikhop covers 779.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Burikhop falls under Soreng tehsil of West District district in Sikkim.

The nearest railway station to Burikhop is Darjeeling, about 18 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 Burikhop.

Burikhop is about 15 km from West District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Burikhop is in Soreng tehsil of West District district. Soreng is about 3.4 km away. West District is about 15 km away. Darjeeling is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.