Religious Demographic in Singtam Nagar Panchayat (2011)[4] Languages spoken in Singtam Nagar Panchayat (2011)[5] The nearest airport to Singtam is 33 kilometres (21 mi) at Pakyong Airport in Sikkim from where flights operate to and from Delhi, Guwahati and Kolkata and 92 kilometres (57 mi) away at Bagdogra in West Bengal, where scheduled flights operate to and from Kolkata, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Patna, Ahmedabad, Dibrugarh, and Guwahati.

The new under construction Sivok–Rangpo line[6] will end at the Rangpo railway station, which is 10 kilometres[citation needed] away from Singtam.

Long-distance buses ply from major towns in Bihar, West Bengal and other neighbouring states to Siliguri.

In Singtam NH-10 is joined by the following major roads: Daily Taxi services access almost all cities and towns of Sikkim and cities/towns of West Bengal like Siliguri, Kalimpong, Darjeeling, Kurseong, Jaigaon, Malbazar, Bagdogra, Panitanki etc.

Frequent buses operated by Sikkim Nationalised Transport (SNT) are available from Singtam to Sikkim Nationalised Transport Bus Terminus (Siliguri) and Gangtok, apart from it many private buses and NBSTC buses are available from the town to Gangtok, NJP Bus Stand and Tenzing Norgay Bus Terminus, (Siliguri).

The trade in large cardamom, the broom plant (kuccho) and ginger is important in Singtam's economy.