About Karthok Village

Karthok is a mid sized village in Soreng tehsil, in the district of West District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 619, made up of 333 males and 286 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 859 females per 1000 males. The village covers 255.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karthok Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karthok village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	West District
Tehsil	Soreng
Pincode	737121
Area (hectares)	255.8 hectares
Population	619
Male Population	333
Female Population	286
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	859
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karthok compares

By the 2011 count Karthok is the 43rd largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,244 residents. Its 255.8 hectares work out to about 2.4 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 944.

Getting to Karthok

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

Karthok lies about 4.7 km from West District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 23 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 Karthok
District headquarters	West District	4.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Soreng	10 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	23 km
Nearest town	Dārjiling	24 km

Villages closest to Karthok

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 Karthok

As per the Census of India 2011, Karthok village had a population of 619. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,244 residents.

Karthok village has 333 males and 286 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karthok has about 859 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 Karthok is 737121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karthok covers 255.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Karthok is Darjeeling, about 23 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 Karthok.

Karthok is about 4.7 km from West District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karthok is in Soreng tehsil of West District district. West District is about 4.7 km away. Soreng is about 10 km away. Darjeeling is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.