About Tadong Village

Tadong is a mid sized village in Soreng tehsil, in the district of West District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,445, made up of 769 males and 676 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 283.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tadong Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tadong village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	West District
Tehsil	Soreng
Pincode	737113
Area (hectares)	283.66 hectares
Population	1,445
Male Population	769
Female Population	676
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	879
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Tadong compares

By the 2011 count Tadong is the 16th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,244 residents. Its 283.66 hectares work out to about 5.1 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 Tadong

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

Tadong lies about 15 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 Tadong
Tehsil headquarters	Soreng	13 km
District headquarters	West District	15 km
Nearest railway station	Darjeeling	16 km
Nearest town	Dārjiling	17 km

Villages closest to Tadong

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 Tadong

As per the Census of India 2011, Tadong village had a population of 1,445. That makes it the 16th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,244 residents.

Tadong village has 769 males and 676 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tadong has about 879 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 Tadong is 737113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tadong covers 283.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Tadong 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 Tadong.

Tadong 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.

Tadong is in Soreng tehsil of West District district. Soreng is about 13 km away. West District is about 15 km away. Darjeeling is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.