Rochor (district)

Kampong Glam district in Rochor (aerial panoramic view)

Rochor (Chinese 梧 槽) is a planning area in Singapore .

location

Rochor is located in the Central Region not far from Downtown Core . To the east of Rochor is the Kallang district , while Chinatown is to the south. The well-known subzones of Rochor include Little India, with a concentrated Indian population, and Kampong Glam , where the Malaysian community is located. To the west is the Newton planning area. The road Serangoon Road , which runs mainly through the area of Little India, one of the oldest streets, which were built in Singapore.

Structure and population development

The Rochor planning area is divided into ten so-called sub-zones; The population figures for the Rochor planning area with its ten subzones give the following picture:

Surname	status	Population 2000	Residents 2010	Residents 2015	Residents 2018
Rochor	Planning area	17,994	15,664	14,590	13,450
Bencoolen	Subzone	...	1,604	1,460	1,280
Farrer Park	Subzone	...	3,402	3.130	2,830
Kampong glam	Subzone	...	...	170	160
Little India	Subzone	...	4.164	3,850	3,460
Mackenzie	Subzone	...	...	110	130
Mount Emily	Subzone	...	...	1.110	1,330
Rochor Canal	Subzone	...	...	10	...
Selegy	Subzone	...	...	270	220
Sungei Road	Subzone	...	2,500	2,420	2.140
Victoria	Subzone	...	2,430	2,060	1.910
The figures for 2000 and 2010 are the results of the population census as of June 30, for 2015 and 2018 as estimates on the same date. Only the resident population is taken into account. "..." means not raised or not estimated.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Serangoon Road , in: Infopedia, Server of the National Library Board, Singapore Government, online at: eresources.nlb.gov.sg/
2. ↑ Rochor , overview of the planning area and its subzones (with statistical material from the Singapore Department of Statistics), with map, online at: citypopulation.de / ...

See also

• Rochor River

Coordinates: 1 ° 18 ′ 17.5 ″  N , 103 ° 51 ′ 33.5 ″  E