About Ribdi Village

Ribdi is a mid sized village in Soreng tehsil, in the district of West District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,034, made up of 535 males and 499 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 355.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ribdi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ribdi village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	West District
Tehsil	Soreng
Pincode	737121
Area (hectares)	355.91 hectares
Population	1,034
Male Population	535
Female Population	499
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	933
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ribdi compares

By the 2011 count Ribdi is the 29th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,244 residents. Its 355.91 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Ribdi

Ribdi is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Ribdi as Available within 10+ 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 Ribdi from other places

Ribdi lies about 20 km from West District, and the nearest railway station is Darjeeling, about 21 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 Ribdi
Tehsil headquarters	Soreng	9.4 km
District headquarters	West District	20 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	21 km
Nearest town	Dārjiling	22 km

Villages closest to Ribdi

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 Ribdi

As per the Census of India 2011, Ribdi village had a population of 1,034. That makes it the 29th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,244 residents.

Ribdi village has 535 males and 499 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ribdi has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 944.

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

Ribdi covers 355.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Ribdi is Darjeeling, about 21 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Ribdi.

Ribdi is about 20 km from West District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ribdi is in Soreng tehsil of West District district. Soreng is about 9.4 km away. West District is about 20 km away. Darjeeling is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.