|
State Capital: Gangtok.
Bordering states/countries:
|
East
|
Bhutan
|
|
West
|
Nepal
|
|
North
|
Tibet
|
|
South
|
West Bengal
|
Latitude: 270 - 280 North.
Longitude: 880 - 890 East.
Altitude: 5500 ft.
Major towns: Gangtok, Namchi, Mangan, Gyalshing.
Languages: Nepali, English, Hindi, Bhutia (Sikkimese), Bhutia (Tibetan), Lepcha, Limboo.
Temperature: Max. 280 C / Min. 13.10 C in summer and Max. 180 C / Min. 05.30 C in winter.
Annual Rainfall: 3894 mm.
% of Total Geographical area: 37.34%
Area under Forest (Area in sq km.): 2650 sq. km.
Major Cash Crops: Cardamom, Orange, Ginger, Tea.
Major plantations: Tea, Medicinal plants.
State Animal: Lesser or Red Panda.
State Bird: Blood Pheasant.
State Tree: Rhododendron Niveum.
State Flower: Dendrobium Nobile or Nobili Orchid.
Best Season: March to late May and October to December.
Clothing: Light Woolens in summer and Heavy Woolens in winter.
Nearest Railway Station: New Jalpaiguri.
Nearest Airport: Bagdogra.
Figures at a Glance: Sikkim vis-a-vis India (1971-2001):
|
Item
|
Sector/Year
|
Unit
|
Sikkim
|
India
|
|
Population
|
Total
|
Number
|
540851
|
1028737436
|
|
Rural
|
480981
|
742490639
|
|
Urban
|
59870
|
286119689
|
|
No. of Towns
|
1971
|
Number
|
7
|
3126
|
|
1981
|
8
|
4029
|
|
1991
|
8
|
4689
|
|
2001
|
9
|
5161
|
|
Decennial Growth of Population
|
1971-1981
|
Absolute
|
106542
|
135169445
|
|
Percentage
|
50.77
|
24.66
|
|
1981-1991
|
Absolute
|
90072
|
160601764
|
|
Percentage
|
28.47
|
23.50
|
|
1991-2001
|
Absolute
|
134394
|
182434748
|
|
Percentage
|
33.06
|
21.14
|
|
Urban Population as Percentage to total Population
|
1971
|
Percentage
|
9.37
|
19.91
|
|
1981
|
16.15
|
23.34
|
|
1991
|
9.10
|
25.73
|
|
2001
|
11.07
|
27.81
|
|
Sex Ratio
|
1971
|
Females per 1000 males
|
863
|
931
|
|
1981
|
835
|
934
|
|
1991
|
878
|
927
|
|
2001
|
875
|
933
|
|
Density of Population
|
1971
|
Per sq. km.
|
29
|
177
|
|
1981
|
45
|
216
|
|
1991
|
57
|
267
|
|
2001
|
76
|
325
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
1971
|
Percentage
|
17.74
|
34.45
|
|
1981
|
34.05
|
43.56
|
|
1991
|
56.94
|
52.21
|
|
2001
|
69.68
|
64.80
|
|
Percentage of Main Workers to Total population
|
1971
|
Percentage
|
53.18
|
33.06
|
|
1981
|
46.60
|
33.45
|
|
1991
|
40.45
|
34.19
|
|
2001
|
39.31
|
30.40
|
Source: Sikkim A Statistical Profile 2006-07
Figures at a Glance: (State Socio-Economic Census 2006):
|
Item
|
Sector
|
Units
|
Sikkim
|
|
Area
|
State
|
Sq. Km.
|
7096
|
|
Population
|
State
|
Number
|
581546
|
|
Male
|
302852
|
|
Female
|
278564
|
|
Rural
|
532433
|
|
Male
|
276500
|
|
Female
|
255933
|
|
Urban
|
49113
|
|
Male
|
26352
|
|
Female
|
22761
|
|
Households
|
State
|
Number
|
111830
|
|
Rural
|
102009
|
|
Urban
|
9821
|
|
Household size
|
Persons per HH
|
5.2
|
|
Density of Population
|
State
|
Percentage
|
82
|
|
Literacy
|
State
|
Percentage
|
80.66
|
|
Male
|
86.04
|
|
Female
|
74.76
|
|
Rural
|
79.82
|
|
Urban
|
89.41
|
|
Sex Ratio
|
State
|
Female per 1000 Males
|
920
|
|
Scheduled Tribes
|
Population
|
Number
|
217416
|
|
Scheduled Cast
|
Population
|
Number
|
38746
|
|
Most Backward Classes
|
Population
|
Number
|
136421
|
|
Other Backward Classes
|
Population
|
Number
|
134919
|
|
Others
|
Population
|
Number
|
54044
|
|
Workers
|
State
|
Number
|
211211
|
|
Non-workers
|
State
|
Number
|
370335
|
|
Households Below Poverty Line
|
State
|
Percentage
|
19.33
|
|
North
|
18.65
|
|
East
|
13.53
|
|
South
|
24.38
|
|
West
|
26.54
|
Source: Sikkim A Statistical Profile 2006-07
Comparative Figures at a glance: 1991 & 2011:
|
Item
|
Year
|
Unit
|
North
|
East
|
South
|
West
|
Sikkim
|
|
Population
|
1991
|
Persons
|
31240
|
178452
|
98604
|
98181
|
406457
|
|
|
2001
|
41030
|
245040
|
131525
|
123256
|
540851
|
|
Urban Population
|
1991
|
As % of total population
|
2.57
|
17.86
|
2.61
|
1.8
|
9.1
|
|
|
2001
|
3.04
|
21.57
|
3
|
1.48
|
11.07
|
|
Literacy Rates
|
1991
|
%
|
53.47
|
65.13
|
54.08
|
45.62
|
56.94
|
|
|
2001
|
67.21
|
74.67
|
67.31
|
58.8
|
68.08
|
|
Decennial Growth
|
1981-1991
|
18.09
|
28.6
|
29.78
|
30.55
|
28.47
|
|
|
1991-2001
|
31.34
|
37.31
|
33.39
|
25.54
|
33.06
|
|
Density of Population
|
1991
|
Per Sq. Km.
|
7
|
187
|
131
|
84
|
57
|
|
|
2001
|
10
|
257
|
175
|
106
|
76
|
|
Sex Ratio
|
1991
|
Females per Thousand Male
|
828
|
859
|
892
|
915
|
878
|
|
|
2001
|
752
|
844
|
927
|
925
|
875
|
|
Scheduled Casts
|
1991
|
As % of total population
|
3.56
|
6.99
|
5.64
|
5.02
|
5.93
|
|
|
2001
|
2.14
|
5.83
|
4.76
|
4.66
|
5.02
|
|
Scheduled Tribe
|
1991
|
55.38
|
21.09
|
16.91
|
19.66
|
22.36
|
|
|
2001
|
53.06
|
18.5
|
15.57
|
19.33
|
20.6
|
|
Occupied Residential House
|
1991
|
Number
|
6642
|
34201
|
17898
|
17497
|
76238
|
|
|
2001
|
10921
|
54581
|
25477
|
23244
|
114223
|
|
Main Workers
|
1991
|
As % of total population
|
42.90
|
37.14
|
41.8
|
44.32
|
40.45
|
|
|
2001
|
42.78
|
37.78
|
43.62
|
36.54
|
39.36
|
|
Marginal Workers
|
1991
|
1.23
|
1.37
|
0.98
|
0.54
|
1.06
|
|
|
2001
|
14.60
|
9.77
|
9.37
|
3.39
|
9.27
|
|
Non-Workers
|
1991
|
55.87
|
61.49
|
57.22
|
55.14
|
58.49
|
|
|
2001
|
42.62
|
52.44
|
47.01
|
56.77
|
51.36
|
|
Towns
|
1991
|
Number
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
8
|
|
|
2001
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
8
|
|
Cultivators
|
1991
|
Percentage to Total Workers
|
46.25
|
39.27
|
70.79
|
77.41
|
57.84
|
|
|
2001
|
38.99
|
32.55
|
69.42
|
67.12
|
49.51
|
|
Agri. Labourers
|
1991
|
14.95
|
8.4
|
5.12
|
7.29
|
7.82
|
|
|
2001
|
8.71
|
6.99
|
3.87
|
7.72
|
6.46
|
|
Area
|
2001
|
Sq. Km.
|
4226
|
954
|
750
|
1116
|
7096
|
|
Cultivated Area
|
2001
|
Hactare
|
15272
|
31707
|
29498
|
32591
|
109068
|
Source: Sikkim A Statistical Profile 2006-07
Rural and Urban Population of Sikkim by sex - 2001:
|
Sate/ District
|
Sector
|
Population
|
|
Persons
|
Male
|
Female
|
|
North
|
Rural
|
39782
|
22643
|
17139
|
|
Urban
|
1248
|
771
|
477
|
|
Total
|
41030
|
23414
|
17616
|
|
East
|
Rural
|
192188
|
104150
|
88038
|
|
Urban
|
52852
|
28767
|
24085
|
|
Total
|
245040
|
132917
|
112123
|
|
South
|
Rural
|
127579
|
66096
|
61483
|
|
Urban
|
3946
|
2145
|
1801
|
|
Total
|
131525
|
68241
|
63284
|
|
West
|
Rural
|
121432
|
62885
|
58547
|
|
Urban
|
1824
|
1027
|
797
|
|
Total
|
123256
|
63912
|
59344
|
|
Sikkim
|
Rural
|
480981
|
255774
|
225207
|
|
Urban
|
59870
|
32710
|
27160
|
|
Total
|
540851
|
288484
|
252367
|
|
India
|
Rural
|
741660293
|
381141184
|
360519109
|
|
Urban
|
285354954
|
150135894
|
135219060
|
|
Total
|
1027015247
|
531277078
|
495738169
|
Source: Sikkim A Statistical Profile 2006-07
Literacy in Sikkim: Comparative figure 1991-2001, (Census 2001):
|
Sate/ District
|
Sector
|
1991
|
2001
|
|
Number of Literacy
|
Number of Literacy
|
|
Persons
|
Male
|
Female
|
Persons
|
Male
|
Female
|
|
Sikkim
|
Total
|
188940
|
117226
|
71714
|
318335
|
189060
|
129275
|
|
Rural
|
163092
|
101430
|
61662
|
273282
|
163161
|
110121
|
|
Urban
|
25848
|
15796
|
10052
|
45053
|
25899
|
19154
|
|
North
|
Total
|
13255
|
8690
|
4565
|
23572
|
15461
|
8111
|
|
Rural
|
12738
|
8336
|
4400
|
22716
|
14904
|
7812
|
|
Urban
|
517
|
352
|
165
|
856
|
557
|
299
|
|
East
|
Total
|
96279
|
58672
|
37607
|
159521
|
94850
|
64671
|
|
Rural
|
73802
|
45028
|
28774
|
119695
|
72054
|
47641
|
|
Urban
|
22477
|
13644
|
8833
|
39826
|
22796
|
17030
|
|
South
|
Total
|
43254
|
26923
|
16331
|
74614
|
42895
|
31719
|
|
Rural
|
41473
|
25813
|
15660
|
71483
|
41102
|
30381
|
|
Urban
|
1781
|
1110
|
670
|
3131
|
1793
|
1338
|
|
West
|
Total
|
36152
|
22941
|
13211
|
60628
|
35854
|
24774
|
|
Rural
|
35079
|
22251
|
12828
|
59388
|
35101
|
24287
|
|
Urban
|
1073
|
690
|
383
|
1240
|
753
|
487
|
Source: Sikkim A Statistical Profile 2006-07
District-wise Literacy rates in Sikkim (Percentage of Literates to total population) comparative figure 1991-2001, (Census 2001):
|
Sate/ District
|
Sector
|
1991
|
2001
|
|
Number of Literacy
|
Number of Literacy
|
|
Male
|
Female
|
Total
|
Male
|
Female
|
Total
|
|
Sikkim
|
Rural
|
51.94
|
35.4
|
44.14
|
74.45
|
58.01
|
66.82
|
|
Urban
|
74.69
|
63.4
|
69.85
|
87.81
|
79.16
|
83.91
|
|
Total
|
56.94
|
46.76
|
56.94
|
76.04
|
60.40
|
68.81
|
|
North
|
Rural
|
50.27
|
31.76
|
41.85
|
75.47
|
54.86
|
66.83
|
|
Urban
|
69.29
|
55.93
|
64.38
|
82.03
|
74.19
|
79.11
|
|
Total
|
50.85
|
32.26
|
42.43
|
75.69
|
55.39
|
67.21
|
|
East
|
Rural
|
57.83
|
41.87
|
50.35
|
79.32
|
63.26
|
72.04
|
|
Urban
|
75.28
|
64.25
|
70.52
|
87.77
|
79.17
|
83.87
|
|
Total
|
61.13
|
45.6
|
53.95
|
81.20
|
66.80
|
74.67
|
|
South
|
Rural
|
51.03
|
34.46
|
43.19
|
73.65
|
58.99
|
66.61
|
|
Urban
|
71.98
|
63.42
|
68.50
|
92.85
|
83.26
|
88.50
|
|
Total
|
51.67
|
35.12
|
43.87
|
74.29
|
59.72
|
67.31
|
|
West
|
Rural
|
44.29
|
27.79
|
36.39
|
66.54
|
49.80
|
58.50
|
|
Urban
|
68.93
|
50.33
|
60.90
|
82.48
|
72.04
|
78.04
|
|
Total
|
44.77
|
28.16
|
36.82
|
66.82
|
50.11
|
58.80
|
Source: Sikkim A Statistical Profile 2006-07
Distribution of Workers in Sikkim Census 2001:
|
Workers
|
North
|
East
|
South
|
West
|
Total
|
|
Total Worker (Main + Marginal)
|
23542
|
116529
|
69693
|
53279
|
263043
|
|
Males
|
15123
|
77057
|
40203
|
33333
|
165716
|
|
Females
|
8419
|
39472
|
29490
|
19946
|
97327
|
|
Rural
|
22974
|
95328
|
68178
|
52522
|
239002
|
|
Urban
|
568
|
21201
|
1515
|
757
|
24041
|
|
Main Works
|
17553
|
92577
|
57367
|
45407
|
212904
|
|
Males
|
13002
|
67115
|
36013
|
30411
|
146541
|
|
Females
|
4551
|
25465
|
21354
|
14996
|
66363
|
|
Rural
|
16996
|
73063
|
55885
|
44712
|
190656
|
|
Urban
|
557
|
19514
|
1482
|
695
|
22248
|
|
Marginal Worker
|
5989
|
23952
|
12326
|
7872
|
50139
|
|
Males
|
2121
|
9942
|
4190
|
2922
|
19175
|
|
Females
|
3868
|
14010
|
8136
|
4950
|
30964
|
|
Rural
|
5978
|
22265
|
12293
|
7810
|
48346
|
|
Urban
|
11
|
1687
|
33
|
62
|
1793
|
|
Cultivators
|
9180
|
37936
|
48378
|
35764
|
131258
|
|
Males
|
4831
|
19725
|
24917
|
20634
|
70107
|
|
Females
|
4349
|
18211
|
23461
|
15130
|
61151
|
|
Rural
|
9173
|
37889
|
48377
|
35762
|
131201
|
|
Urban
|
7
|
47
|
1
|
2
|
57
|
|
Agricultural Labourers
|
2051
|
8143
|
2694
|
4112
|
17000
|
|
Males
|
1045
|
4076
|
1252
|
2389
|
8762
|
|
Females
|
1006
|
4067
|
1442
|
1723
|
8238
|
|
Rural
|
2038
|
8110
|
2694
|
4110
|
16952
|
|
Urban
|
13
|
33
|
0
|
2
|
48
|
|
Household Industry Workers
|
310
|
2076
|
715
|
1118
|
4219
|
|
Males
|
178
|
1321
|
456
|
894
|
2849
|
|
Females
|
132
|
755
|
259
|
224
|
1370
|
|
Rural
|
305
|
1887
|
655
|
1087
|
3934
|
|
Urban
|
5
|
189
|
60
|
31
|
285
|
|
Other Workers
|
12001
|
68374
|
17906
|
12285
|
110566
|
|
Males
|
9069
|
81935
|
13578
|
9416
|
83998
|
|
Females
|
2932
|
16439
|
4328
|
2869
|
26568
|
|
Rural
|
11458
|
47442
|
16452
|
11563
|
869153
|
|
Urban
|
543
|
20932
|
1454
|
772
|
23651
|
Source: Sikkim A Statistical Profile 2006-07
 Census 2011 (Provisional):
Provisional Population Totals 1
Provisional Population Totals 2
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