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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Turuk is a village in Jorethang mandal, Namchi district, Sikkim, with a population of 1,050 across 226 households. The village has a literacy rate of 77.8% and is located at coordinates 27.116°N, 88.381°E, with postal code 737128.
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- LGD code
- 261148
- Pincode
- 737128
- Post office
- Melli Bazar
- Population
- 1,050
- Households
- 226
- Literacy rate
- 77.8%
- Sex ratio
- 944 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 425
- Distance to district centre
- 12 km
- Distance to Gangtok
- 33 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 505 km
- Nearest railway station
- Darjeeling · 15 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government General Hospital Blood Bank - Namchi · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Turuk compares
By population, Turuk ranks #7 of 20 villages in Jorethang mandal.
Literacy rate
%
77.8%
+4.6% vs mandal average
- Turuk
- 77.8%
- Jorethang mandal
- 73.2%
- Namchi district
- 72.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
944
+60 vs mandal average
- Turuk
- 944
- Jorethang mandal
- 884
Household size
people per home
4.6
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Turuk
- 4.6
- Jorethang mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Turuk at a glance
Turuk is a village of 1,050 people in 226 households (Census 2011) in Jorethang block, Namchi district, Sikkim, the 7th-largest of 20 villages in Jorethang block. Literacy is 78%, 5 points above the block average of 73% and the sex ratio is 944 women per 1,000 men. It lies 12 km from the Namchi district centre, 44 km from Junglee Mohal, the nearest town, 15 km from Darjeeling railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 737128, served by Melli Bazar post office; the LGD village code is 261148. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government General Hospital Blood Bank - Namchi, 6 km away. The village votes in Melli assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nar Bahadur Pradhan. The population is estimated at 1,238 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Turuk
- 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
- 2
- 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
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- Namchi
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 22
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 22
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 22
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Turuk Ramabung
- Total area (ha)
- 413.85
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 6.31
- Forest area (ha)
- 212.02
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Turuk
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Turuk
- LGD code
- 261148
- Pincode
- 737128
- Post office
- Melli Bazar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,050
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,238
- Households
- 226
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 944
- Literacy rate
- 77.8%
- Coordinates
- 27.11604°N, 88.38136°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Sikkim
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Melli
- Member of Parliament
- Indra Hang Subba
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Nar Bahadur Pradhan
- Block / Mandal
- Jorethang
Getting there
How to reach Turuk
Nearest town · 21,408 people
Junglee Mohal · ≈ 44 km
≈ 1 h 30 min by car · 1 h 47 min by bike
DirectionsDistance to cities · straight line
- Gangtok33 kmcapital
- Kolkata505 km
- Delhi1110 km
- Hyderabad1484 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDarjeeling15 km
- Bus stopSNT Bus Station (ground floor)6 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment General Hospital Blood Bank - Namchi6 km
- ATM / bankAxis Bank10 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil6 km
- CollegeSt. Joseph College14 km
- Police stationCheck post8 km
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- 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)