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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Lachen is a village in Chungthang mandal, Mangan district, Sikkim with a population of 1,325 across 338 households and a literacy rate of 47%. The village has one hospital and one temple, with postal code 737120.
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- LGD code
- 260925
- Pincode
- 737120
- Post office
- Chungthang
- Population
- 1,325
- Households
- 338
- Literacy rate
- 47%
- Sex ratio
- 800 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 737
- Distance to district centre
- 22 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 11 km
- Distance to Gangtok
- 44 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 574 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Lachen Hospital · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Lachen compares
By population, Lachen ranks #3 of 11 villages in Chungthang mandal.
Literacy rate
%
47.0%
−26.7% vs mandal average
- Lachen
- 47.0%
- Chungthang mandal
- 73.7%
- Mangan district
- 69.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
800
+332 vs mandal average
- Lachen
- 800
- Chungthang mandal
- 468
Household size
people per home
3.9
−1.3 vs mandal average
- Lachen
- 3.9
- Chungthang mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Lachen at a glance
Lachen is a village of 1,325 people in 338 households (Census 2011) in Chungthang block, Mangan district, Sikkim, the 3rd-largest of 11 villages in Chungthang block. Literacy is 47%, 27 points below the block average of 74% and the sex ratio is 800 women per 1,000 men. It lies 22 km from the Mangan district centre (straight-line distances). The pincode is 737120, served by Chungthang post office; the LGD village code is 260925. The nearest hospital or health centre is Lachen Hospital, <1 km away. The population is estimated at 1,562 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Lachen Dzumsa →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lachen · this village | 1,325 | 47% | — |
| Lachen Forest Block · Chungthang | 3 | 0% | 1.8 km SE |
| Chungthang · Chungthang | 3,970 | 78% | 17 km SE |
| Tingbong · Dzongu | 992 | 70% | 18.7 km S |
| Chungthang Forest Block · Chungthang | 0 | — | 19.5 km SE |
| Lachung · Chungthang | 2,495 | 72% | 19.6 km E |
| Lingzya · Dzongu | 422 | 74% | 21.5 km SW |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Lachen
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 24
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- Mangan
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 59
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 59
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 29
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Lachen Dzumsa
- Total area (ha)
- 3,635.75
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 3,191.6
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Lachen
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Lachen
- LGD code
- 260925
- Pincode
- 737120
- Post office
- Chungthang
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,325
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,562
- Households
- 338
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 800
- Literacy rate
- 47.0%
- Coordinates
- 27.73061°N, 88.54950°E
- Block / Mandal
- Chungthang
Getting there
How to reach Lachen
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gangtok44 kmcapital
- Kolkata574 km
- Delhi1116 km
- Hyderabad1545 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Hospital / PHCLachen Hospital<1 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil Petrol Pump26 km
- CollegeSikkim Professional University47 km
- Police stationCheck post for zero point19 km
Nearest to the village
- Health centre
- Lachen Hospitalunder 1 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Lachen
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Lachen MonasteryTemple<1 km ↗
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 737120
- ChungthangChungthang mandal3,970 pop
- LachungChungthang mandal2,495 pop
- Thanggu Forest BlockChungthang mandal1,294 pop
- ShipyerChungthang mandal710 pop
- Naga-NamgorChungthang mandal484 pop
- ToongChungthang mandal237 pop
- Lachung Forest BlockChungthang mandal4 pop
- Lachen Forest BlockChungthang mandal3 pop
- Chungthang Forest BlockChungthang mandal0 pop
Villages near Lachen
Other villages in Chungthang mandal
View all 11 →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)