About Timberbong Village

Timberbong is a large village in Soreng tehsil, in the district of West District, Sikkim. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,156, made up of 1,078 males and 1,078 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 456.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 737121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Timberbong Overview

Census 2011 figures for Timberbong village
Description	Value
State	Sikkim
District	West District
Tehsil	Soreng
Pincode	737121
Area (hectares)	456.58 hectares
Population	2,156
Male Population	1,078
Female Population	1,078
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Timberbong compares

By the 2011 count Timberbong is the 6th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,244 residents. Its 456.58 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Timberbong

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

Timberbong lies about 34 km from West District, and the nearest railway station is Sivok, about 19 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 Timberbong
Nearest town	Kālimpong	15 km
Nearest railway station	Sivok	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Soreng	30 km
District headquarters	West District	34 km

Villages closest to Timberbong

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 Timberbong

As per the Census of India 2011, Timberbong village had a population of 2,156. That makes it the 6th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,244 residents.

Timberbong village has 1,078 males and 1,078 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Timberbong has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 944.

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

Timberbong covers 456.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Timberbong is Sivok, about 19 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 Timberbong.

Timberbong is about 34 km from West District in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Timberbong is in Soreng tehsil of West District district. Kālimpong is about 15 km away. Sivok is about 19 km away. Soreng is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.