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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Reshi is a village in Mangalbarey mandal, Soreng district, Sikkim, with a population of 659 across 117 households and a literacy rate of 65.9%. Located at 27.222°N, 88.305°E with postal code 737121, it has one fast food establishment.
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- LGD code
- 261059
- Pincode
- 737121
- Post office
- Naya Bazar (West Sikkim)
- Population
- 659
- Households
- 117
- Literacy rate
- 65.9%
- Sex ratio
- 997 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 399
- Distance to district centre
- 7 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 5 km
- Distance to Gangtok
- 32 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 517 km
- Nearest railway station
- Darjeeling · 21 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government General Hospital Blood Bank - Namchi · 8 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Reshi compares
By population, Reshi ranks #17 of 19 villages in Mangalbarey mandal.
Literacy rate
%
65.9%
−0.3% vs mandal average
- Reshi
- 65.9%
- Mangalbarey mandal
- 66.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
997
+43 vs mandal average
- Reshi
- 997
- Mangalbarey mandal
- 954
Household size
people per home
5.6
+0.7 vs mandal average
- Reshi
- 5.6
- Mangalbarey mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Reshi at a glance
Reshi is a village of 659 people in 117 households (Census 2011) in Mangalbarey block, Soreng district, Sikkim, the 17th-largest of 19 villages in Mangalbarey block. Literacy is 66%, about the same as the block average of 66% and the sex ratio is 997 women per 1,000 men. It lies 7 km from the Soreng district centre, 58 km from Junglee Mohal, the nearest town, 21 km from Darjeeling railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 737121, served by Naya Bazar (West Sikkim) post office; the LGD village code is 261059. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government General Hospital Blood Bank - Namchi, 8 km away. The village votes in Rinchenpong assembly constituency, represented by MLA Erung Tenzing Lepcha. The population is estimated at 777 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Reshi
- 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
- Gyalshing
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 47
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 47
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 14
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Samdong
- Total area (ha)
- 257.11
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 18.87
- Forest area (ha)
- 55.16
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Reshi
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Key facts — Reshi
- LGD code
- 261059
- Pincode
- 737121
- Post office
- Naya Bazar (West Sikkim)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 659
- Population (projected 2026)
- 777
- Households
- 117
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 997
- Literacy rate
- 65.9%
- Coordinates
- 27.22189°N, 88.30542°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Sikkim
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rinchenpong
- Member of Parliament
- Indra Hang Subba
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Erung Tenzing Lepcha
- Block / Mandal
- Mangalbarey
Getting there
How to reach Reshi
Nearest town · 21,408 people
Junglee Mohal · ≈ 58 km
≈ 1 h 58 min by car · 2 h 21 min by bike
DirectionsDistance to cities · straight line
- Gangtok32 kmcapital
- Kolkata517 km
- Delhi1101 km
- Hyderabad1487 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDarjeeling21 km
- Bus stopPrepaid taxi (1st floor)8 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment General Hospital Blood Bank - Namchi8 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India (SBI)11 km
- Petrol pumpDzongri Petrol Pump9 km
- CollegeSt. Joseph College19 km
- Police stationSikkim entry11 km
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View all 18 →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)