About Rinchenpong Village

Rinchenpong is a mid sized village in Soreng tehsil, in the district of West District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,458, made up of 737 males and 721 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 978 females per 1000 males. The village covers 352 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rinchenpong Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rinchenpong village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	West District
Tehsil	Soreng
Pincode	737111
Area (hectares)	352 hectares
Population	1,458
Male Population	737
Female Population	721
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	978
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rinchenpong compares

By the 2011 count Rinchenpong is the 15th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,244 residents. Its 352 hectares work out to about 4.1 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 Rinchenpong

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

Rinchenpong lies about 5.4 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 Rinchenpong
District headquarters	West District	5.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Soreng	11 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	23 km
Nearest town	Dārjiling	23 km

Villages closest to Rinchenpong

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 Rinchenpong

As per the Census of India 2011, Rinchenpong village had a population of 1,458. That makes it the 15th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,244 residents.

Rinchenpong village has 737 males and 721 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rinchenpong has about 978 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 Rinchenpong is 737111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rinchenpong covers 352 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Rinchenpong 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 Rinchenpong.

Rinchenpong is about 5.4 km from West District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rinchenpong is in Soreng tehsil of West District district. West District is about 5.4 km away. Soreng is about 11 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.