About Samsing Village

Samsing is a mid sized village in Soreng tehsil, in the district of West District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,802, made up of 983 males and 819 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 833 females per 1000 males. The village covers 385.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Samsing Overview

Census 2011 figures for Samsing village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	West District
Tehsil	Soreng
Pincode	737121
Area (hectares)	385.71 hectares
Population	1,802
Male Population	983
Female Population	819
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	833
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Samsing compares

By the 2011 count Samsing is the 12th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,244 residents. Its 385.71 hectares work out to about 4.7 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 Samsing

Samsing is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Samsing as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Samsing from other places

Samsing lies about 15 km from West District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 13 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 Samsing
Tehsil headquarters	Soreng	7.9 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	13 km
Nearest town	Dārjiling	14 km
District headquarters	West District	15 km

Villages closest to Samsing

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 Samsing

As per the Census of India 2011, Samsing village had a population of 1,802. That makes it the 12th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,244 residents.

Samsing village has 983 males and 819 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Samsing has about 833 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 Samsing is 737121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Samsing covers 385.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Samsing is Darjeeling, about 13 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 5 - 10 km distance for Samsing.

Samsing 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.

Samsing is in Soreng tehsil of West District district. Soreng is about 7.9 km away. Darjeeling is about 13 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.