About Malbasey Village

Malbasey is a large village in Soreng tehsil, in the district of West District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,888, made up of 1,481 males and 1,407 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 950 females per 1000 males. The village covers 656.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malbasey Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malbasey village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	West District
Tehsil	Soreng
Pincode	737121
Area (hectares)	656.24 hectares
Population	2,888
Male Population	1,481
Female Population	1,407
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	950
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Malbasey compares

By the 2011 count Malbasey is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,244 residents. Its 656.24 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Malbasey

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

Malbasey lies about 15 km from West District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 14 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 Malbasey
Tehsil headquarters	Soreng	2.5 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	14 km
Nearest town	Dārjiling	14 km
District headquarters	West District	15 km

Villages closest to Malbasey

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 Malbasey

As per the Census of India 2011, Malbasey village had a population of 2,888. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,244 residents.

Malbasey village has 1,481 males and 1,407 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malbasey has about 950 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 944.

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

Malbasey covers 656.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Malbasey is Darjeeling, about 14 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 Malbasey.

Malbasey 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.

Malbasey is in Soreng tehsil of West District district. Soreng is about 2.5 km away. Darjeeling is about 14 km away. Dārjiling is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.