About Rumbuk Village

Rumbuk is a mid sized village in Soreng tehsil, in the district of West District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,838, made up of 936 males and 902 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 964 females per 1000 males. The village covers 420.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rumbuk Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rumbuk village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	West District
Tehsil	Soreng
Pincode	737121
Area (hectares)	420.46 hectares
Population	1,838
Male Population	936
Female Population	902
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	964
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rumbuk compares

By the 2011 count Rumbuk is the 11th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,244 residents. Its 420.46 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, a little above the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Rumbuk

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

Rumbuk lies about 18 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 Rumbuk
Tehsil headquarters	Soreng	5.0 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	16 km
Nearest town	Dārjiling	17 km
District headquarters	West District	18 km

Villages closest to Rumbuk

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 Rumbuk

As per the Census of India 2011, Rumbuk village had a population of 1,838. That makes it the 11th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,244 residents.

Rumbuk village has 936 males and 902 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rumbuk has about 964 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 Rumbuk is 737121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rumbuk covers 420.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Rumbuk 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Rumbuk.

Rumbuk is about 18 km from West District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rumbuk is in Soreng tehsil of West District district. Soreng is about 5.0 km away. Darjeeling is about 16 km away. Dārjiling is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.