South District

South District is the 2nd. largest populated District next to East District of Sikkim. South District though having a smaller area is more thickly populated and is more open and fairly well cultivated. NAMCHI is the Administration headquarter of South    District, is a small town which is accessible from the neighbouring state of West Bengal. South District offers spellbinding views and excellent treks to Interesting Trekking Places. Namchi is 90 Kms. away from Gangtok the state capital, and 100 Kms. away from siliguri the nearest railways and airways stations.

Be it handicrafts or profusion of orchids, primulas and rhododendrons or snow-capped mountain view, all are there for the tourists to enjoy in South District. Be it a trekker, nature's admirer, bird watcher or a peace seeker, South District will provide you all.

Namchi is growing fast into a tourist resort as many new tourist attractive places are developed with all facilities for movement, communications, lodging, fooding at reasonable rates. The statue Guru Padmasambhava constructed and installed atop Samdruptse (the Wish fulfilling Hill) near Namchi in South Sikkim which is 135 fts. is the tallest Statue of Guru Rinpoche in the World. The statue is much taller than the famous bronze Buddha at Kamakura, Japan which stands 42 fts. high and has a circumference of 97 fts.

 

Demographic Feature:

 

Population (2001 Census):

 

Population	Male	Female	Rural			Urban
			Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
131525	68241	63284	127579	66096	61483	3946	2145	1801

Source: Sikkim A Statistical Profile 2006-07

 

Literacy (2001 Census):

 

Number of Literates (in nos.)			Rural			Urban
Persons	Male	Female	Persons	Male	Female	Persons	Male	Female
74614	42895	31719	71483	41102	30381	3131	1793	1338
Literacy Rate (in %age)			Rural			Urban
Persons	Male	Female	Persons	Male	Female	Persons	Male	Female
67.31	74.29	59.72	66.61	73.65	58.99	88.50	92.85	83.26

Source: Sikkim A Statistical Profile 2006-07

 

Area, Number of Sub-division, Towns, Revenue Block and Villages:

 

Total area (in sq.km)	No of Sub Division	No. of Towns	Revenue block			Panchayat Ward	Panchayat Unit
			Total	Revenue Block	Forest Block
750	2	2	145	135	10	255	45

Source: Census India 2001

 

Decennial Growth, Density of Population, Sex Ratio etc.,: Census: 2001:

 

Decennial Growth (%)	Density of Population (Per Sq.Km.)	Sex Ratio (Females per '000 Male)	Scheduled Cast (As % of total Population)	Scheduled Tribe (As % of total Population)
33.39	175	927	4.76	15.57

Source: Sikkim A Statistical Profile 2006-07

 

Distribution of workers, 2001 Census:

 

West District					Total workers (Main+Marginal)
					Total	Males	Females	Rural	Urban
					69693	40203	29490	68178	1515
Main workers					Marginal workers
Total	Males	Females	Rural	Urban	Total	Males	Females	Rural	Urban
57367	36013	21354	55885	1482	12326	4190	8136	12293	33
Cultivators					Agriculture Labours
Total	Males	Females	Rural	Urban	Total	Males	Females	Rural	Urban
48378	24917	23461	48377	1	2694	1252	1442	2694	0
Household Industry workers					Other Cultivators
Total	Males	Females	Rural	Urban	Total	Males	Females	Rural	Urban
715	456	259	655	60	17906	13578	4328	16452	1454

Source: Sikkim A Statistical Profile 2006-07

 

 

NDDP:

 

Net District Domestic Product (NDDP) and Per Capita Income (PCI) at Current Prices (Rs. in Lakhs):

 

NDDP	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06*	2006-07**
Net DDP	17685	21487	24046	26631	29720	33214	37119	41771
PCI (in Rs.)	14149	16608	17913	19731	21708	23961	26408	29312

* Quick Estimate    ** Advance Estimates

Source: Sikkim A Statistical Profile 2006-07

 

Net District Domestic Product (NDDP) and Per Capita Income (PCI) at Constant Prices (Rs. in Lakhs):

 

NDDP	1999-00	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06*	2006-07**
Net DDP	17685	20503	22179	23487	25287	27156	29211	31475
PCI (in Rs.)	14149	15848	16522	17402	18469	19591	20782	22087

* Quick Estimate    ** Advance Estimates

Source: Sikkim A Statistical Profile 2006-07

 

 

POWER:

 

Number of Consumer and Revenue Collected:

 

Number of Consumer				Revenue Collected
Domestic		Commercial		2006-07	2007-08 (as 31.08.07)
2006-07	2007-08 (as 31.08.07)	2006-07	2007-08 (as 31.08.07)
17385	17893	2524	2751	30954683	12152831

Source: Sikkim A Statistical Profile 2006-07

 

 

AGRICULTURE:

 

Land use Statistics, 2005-06 (as on 30.06.2007):

(Area in Hect.)

Particulars		Area
1.	Irrigated Land	2104.62
2.	Unirrigated Land	15435.74
3.	Non Agri Land	2754.33
4.	Forest/Jungle/Bushes	2519.7
5.	Cardamom Field	4515
6.	Grass Land	1209.11
7.	Barren Land	2086.54
8.	Un cultivated Fallow Land	1003.67
Total		31412.25

Source: A Statistical Profile 2006-07

 

Area, Production and Productivity of Major Crops, 2006-07:

 

Crops	Area (in '000 Hect.)	Production (in '000 Tonnes)	Yield (in Hect.)
Cereals	23.15	35.23	1521.81
Pulses	1.43	1.18	825.17
Foodgrain	24.58	36.41	1481.28
Oilseed	2.45	2.16	881.63
Fruits	1.77	2.76	1553
Potato	1.89	8.84	4657
Spices	5.19	14.54	2801

Source: A Statistical Profile 2006-07

 

 

HEALTH:

 

Number of Hospitals, Cell and Centre:

 

Name of Centre	Numbers
Community Health Centre	1
Primary Health Centre	6
Primary Health Sub-centre	39
Tuberculosis Centre	1
Post Mortem Centre	1
Blood Bank	1
Birth & Death Registration Centre	7

Source: Sikkim A Statistical Profile 2006-07

 

Number of Beds in Hospitals, PHC, PHSC (2006-07):

 

Name of Centre	Numbers
Community Health Centre	100
Primary Health Centre	60
Tuberculosis Centre	60

Source: Sikkim A Statistical Profile 2006-07

 

Inpatients/Outpatients, Population/Doctor/Patient Ratio, Nurse/Patient Ratio as on 30.06.2007:

 

Particulars	Numbers
Population/Doctor	3631
Population/Nurse	8756
Population/ANMs	601
Population/Beds	677
Population/Health Assistants (M&F)	21265
Population/Health Workers (M&F)	2157
Population/Lab Tech.	13532
Patient/Doctor	5.37
Patient/Nurse	12.94
Patient/ANMs	2.36
Indoor Patients	49731
Treated	55139

Source: Sikkim A Statistical Profile 2006-07

 

 

EDUCATION:

 

Number of Government Educational Institutions (as on 30.06.2006):

 

Institutions	Numbers
Sr. Secondary School	9
Secondary School	29
Junior High School	46
Primary School	90
Lower Primary school	48
Total	222

Source: Sikkim A Statistical Profile 2006-07

 

Number of Government Teacher (as on 30.06.2005):

 

Sl. No.	Category	Numbers
1.	Primary Teacher	982
2.	Graduate Teacher	447
3.	Post Graduate Teacher	90
4.	Language Teacher	180+
I.	Bhutia	77
II.	Lepcha	60
III.	Limboo (Subba)	43
5.	If any others languages	8
6.	Game & Sports/Physical Training School in charge	127
7.	Head Master	71
8.	Principal	7

Source: Sikkim A Statistical Profile 2006-07

 

Number of Private Educational Institutions and Enrolment For Session 2006:

 

No. of Institution	Enrolment
	Boys	Girls	Total
104	4066	3285	7455

Source: Sikkim A Statistical Profile 2006-07

 

 

TOURISM:

 

Important Hot Springs:

1. Boromg

2. Ralong

Source: Sikkim A Statistical Profile 2006-07

 

Name of Important Monasteries:

1. Ralong Monastery

Source: Sikkim A Statistical Profile 2006-07

 

Name of Important Tourist Spot:

1. Namchi

2. Phur Tsa-Chu

3. Tedong Hill

4. Rabongla

5. Temi Tea Garden

6. Jorethang

7. Menam Hill

Source: Sikkim A Statistical Profile 2006-07

 

 

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