About Chota Samdong Village

Chota 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 846, made up of 459 males and 387 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 843 females per 1000 males. The village covers 467.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chota Samdong Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chota Samdong village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	West District
Tehsil	Soreng
Pincode	737121
Area (hectares)	467.63 hectares
Population	846
Male Population	459
Female Population	387
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	843
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 Chota Samdong compares

By the 2011 count Chota Samdong is the 36th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,244 residents. Its 467.63 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Chota Samdong

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

Chota 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 Chota 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 Chota 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 Chota Samdong

As per the Census of India 2011, Chota Samdong village had a population of 846. That makes it the 36th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,244 residents.

Chota Samdong village has 459 males and 387 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chota Samdong has about 843 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 944.

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

Chota Samdong covers 467.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Chota 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 Chota Samdong.

Chota 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.

Chota 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.