Lead story
25
September 2026
newsSTATE
Sikkim’s Rimbi Village Hit By Massive Landslide After Days Of Continuous Rainfall | HT India | Videos
Reported by Hindustan Times.
By Resident0 likes0 comments
Represented by
Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Information not yet available
No sarpanch on record yet. Sign in to add it — verified residents publish it directly, others need one community vouch.
- LGD code
- 260951
- Pincode
- 737116
- Post office
- Mangan
- Population
- 586
- Households
- 111
- Literacy rate
- 71.2%
- Sex ratio
- 909 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 293
- Distance to district centre
- 5 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 5 km
- Distance to Gangtok
- 21 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 549 km
- Nearest railway station
- Darjeeling · 58 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Mangan District Hospital · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Barfok compares
By population, Barfok ranks #8 of 15 villages in Dzongu mandal.
Literacy rate
%
71.2%
−0.4% vs mandal average
- Barfok
- 71.2%
- Dzongu mandal
- 71.6%
- Mangan district
- 69.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
909
+56 vs mandal average
- Barfok
- 909
- Dzongu mandal
- 853
Household size
people per home
5.3
+0.3 vs mandal average
- Barfok
- 5.3
- Dzongu mandal
- 5.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barfok at a glance
Barfok is a village of 586 people in 111 households (Census 2011) in Dzongu block, Mangan district, Sikkim, the 8th-largest of 15 villages in Dzongu block. Literacy is 71%, about the same as the block average of 72% and the sex ratio is 909 women per 1,000 men. It lies 5 km from the Mangan district centre, 58 km from Darjeeling railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 737116, served by Mangan post office; the LGD village code is 260951. The nearest hospital or health centre is Mangan District Hospital, 3 km away. The village votes in Djongu assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pintso Namgyal Lepcha. The population is estimated at 691 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Barfok Lingdong →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →Complete this village · 2/7
Add what you know →- Sarpanch nameWho leads the gram panchayat today
- Panchayat contactA number residents can call
- Pincode
- About the villageA few sentences on history and livelihood
- A photoTemple, school, fields — anything from the village
- A festival or jatara
- A notable personTeacher, soldier, sportsperson, entrepreneur
Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Barfok
- 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
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- 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)
- 12
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 12
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Barfok Lingdong
- Total area (ha)
- 836.15
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 13.7
- Forest area (ha)
- 406.78
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Barfok
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Barfok
- LGD code
- 260951
- Pincode
- 737116
- Post office
- Mangan
- Population (Census 2011)
- 586
- Population (projected 2026)
- 691
- Households
- 111
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 909
- Literacy rate
- 71.2%
- Coordinates
- 27.50990°N, 88.51797°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Sikkim
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Djongu
- Member of Parliament
- Indra Hang Subba
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Pintso Namgyal Lepcha
- Block / Mandal
- Dzongu
Getting there
How to reach Barfok
Distance to cities · straight line
- Gangtok21 kmcapital
- Kolkata549 km
- Delhi1116 km
- Hyderabad1525 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDarjeeling58 km
- Bus stopGoing to Lachung, Lachen, and Chugthang2 km
- Hospital / PHCMangan District Hospital3 km
- ATM / bankSBI18 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil Petrol Pump2 km
- CollegeSikkim Professional University23 km
- Police stationCheck point for Tsomgo (but ok to go to Hanuman tok)22 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 737116
Villages near Barfok
Other villages in Dzongu mandal
View all 15 →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)