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About Singling Village

Singling is a large village in Soreng tehsil, in the district of West District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,376, made up of 1,200 males and 1,176 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 980 females per 1000 males. The village covers 547.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Singling Overview

Census 2011 figures for Singling village
Description Value
State Sikkim
District West District
Tehsil Soreng
Pincode 737121
Area (hectares) 547.01 hectares
Population 2,376
Male Population 1,200
Female Population 1,176
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 980
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Singling compares

By the 2011 count Singling is the 4th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,244 residents. Its 547.01 hectares work out to about 4.3 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 Singling

Singling is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Singling as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Singling from other places

Singling lies about 14 km from West District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 17 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 Singling
Tehsil headquarters Soreng under 2 km
District headquarters West District 14 km
Nearest railway station Darjeeling 17 km
Nearest town Dārjiling 17 km

Villages closest to Singling

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.

Common questions about Singling

As per the Census of India 2011, Singling village had a population of 2,376. That makes it the 4th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,244 residents.

Singling village has 1,200 males and 1,176 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Singling has about 980 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 Singling is 737121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Singling covers 547.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Singling is Darjeeling, about 17 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Singling.

Singling is about 14 km from West District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Singling is in Soreng tehsil of West District district. Soreng is about under 2 km away. West District is about 14 km away. Darjeeling is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Soreng (under 2 km), Soreng Forest Block (under 2 km) and Burikhop (2.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Singling today is likely to be higher.

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