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Number of Medical Colleges and MBBS Seats Available, 2024-25:

State	Colleges	Seats
Sikkim	1	150
India	731	112112

Note : Data for 2024-25 may vary on granting of permission by NMC for new Colleges/ increase of seats

Source : Indiastat.com

Number of Centrally Funded Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) Existing as on 07.08.2024:

State	No. of HEIs (Before 2014)	No. of HEIs (At Present)
Sikkim	2	2

Source: Indiastat.com

Type-wise Number of Universities, 2021-22:

State	Central University	Institute of National Importance	State Public University	State Open University	State Private University	State Private Open University	Deemed University- Government	Grand Total
Sikkim	1	1	1	-	6	-	-	9
All India	53	153	423	16	391	1	33	1168

Source: All India Survey on Higher Education 2021-22

Total Number of Institutions Registered and Responded in AISHE 2021-22:

State	Universities			Colleges
State	Registered	Responded	% of Response	Registered	Responded	% of Response
Sikkim	9	7	78%	24	20	83%
All India	1168	1162	99%	45473	42825	94%

Contd.

State	Standalone Institutions			Total
State	Registered	Responded	% of Response	Registered	Responded	% of Response
Sikkim	8	8	100%	41	35	85%
All India	12002	10576	88%	58643	54563	93%

Source: All India Survey on Higher Education 2021-22

Specialisation-wise Number of Universities (Based on Actual Response), 2021-22:

State	General	Agriculture	Chartered Accountant	Cultural Studies	Law	Management	Medical
Sikkim	5	-	1	-	-	-	-
All India	655	53	7	3	27	23	79

Contd.

State

Sanskrit

Science

Sports/ Yoga/

Physical Education

Technical

Grand Total

Sikkim

All India

192

1162

Source: All India Survey on Higher Education 2021-22

Number of College per Lakh Population (18-23 Years), Average Enrolment per College, 2021-22:

State	No. of College registered with AISHE	No. of College per lakh population	Average Enrolment*
Sikkim	24	27	712
All India	45473	30	709

*Average Enrolment is calculated on the basis of enrolment including estimation

Source: All India Survey on Higher Education 2021-22

Specialisation-wise number of Colleges (Based on Actual Response), 2021-22:

State	General	Agriculture	Architecture	Arts	Commerce	Education/ Teacher Education	Engineering & Technology	Fine Arts	Fisheries
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Sikkim	8	-	-	-	-	3	3	-
All India	25481	364	292	1171	342	3713	2994	114	23

Contd.

State	Law	Management	Medical-Allopathy	Medical-Ayurveda	Medical-Dental	Medical- Homeopathy	Medical-Others	Nursing
1	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Sikkim	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
All India	822	881	328	309	217	179	474	1821

Contd.

State	Para Medical	Pharmacy	Physiotherapy	Sanskrit	Science	Social Work
1	19	20	21	22	23	24
Sikkim	-	2	-	1	1	-
All India	234	1042	247	612	321	78

Contd.

State	Sports/ Yoga/ Physical Education	Veterinary	Others	Grand Total
1	25	26	27	28
Sikkim			1	20
All India	130	84	324	42825

Source: All India Survey on Higher Education 2021-22

Number of Private and Government Colleges (Based on Actual Response), 2021-22:

State	Private (Un-Aided)	Private (Aided)	Private Total	Government	Total
Sikkim	4	-	4	16	20
All India	27956	5676	33632	9193	42825

Source: All India Survey on Higher Education 2021-22

Enrolment in Private and Government Colleges (Based on Actual Response), 2021-22:

State	Private (Un-Aided)	Private (Aided)	Private Total	Government	Total
Sikkim	1061		1061	13186	14247
All India	13542820	6241872	19784692	10563334	30348026

Source: All India Survey on Higher Education 2021-22

Estimated Enrolment at various levels, 2021-22:

State	Ph.D.			M.Phil.			Post Graduate
State	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Sikkim	337	315	652	18	25	43	2421	3565	5986
All India	113932	98636	212568	3393	6127	9520	2325040	2892713	5217753

Contd.

State	Under Graduate			PG Diploma			Diploma
State	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
1	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Sikkim	12268	12538	24806	18	11	29	994	777	1771
All India	17854294	16284939	34139233	130028	104755	234783	1860546	1055899	2916445

Contd.

State	Certificate			Integrated			Grand Total
State	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
1	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Sikkim	50	5	55	168	251	419	16274	17487	33761
All India	40558	36742	77300	248598	211981	460579	22576389	20691792	43268181

Source: All India Survey on Higher Education 2021-22

Enrolment through Regular Mode at various levels, 2021-22:

State	Ph.D.			M.Phil.			Post Graduate
State	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Sikkim	337	315	652	18	25	43	1419	1834	3253
All India	113902	98620	212522	3373	6118	9491	1646130	2108957	3755087

Contd.

State	Under Graduate			PG Diploma			Diploma
State	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
1	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Sikkim	10510	10268	20778	0	0	0	985	704	1689
All India	15807973	14895250	30703223	74052	65255	139307	1811927	1002038	2813965

Contd.

State	Certificate			Integrated			Grand Total
State	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
1	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Sikkim	50	5	55	168	251	419	13487	13402	26889
All India	27509	25635	53144	248416	211932	460348	19733282	18413805	38147087

Source: All India Survey on Higher Education 2021-22

Enrolment through Distance Mode at various levels, 2021-22:

State	Ph.D.			M.Phil.			Post Graduate
State	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Sikkim	0	0	0	0	0	0	1002	1731	2733
All India	30	16	46	20	9	29	616297	696411	1312708

Contd.

State	Under Graduate			PG Diploma			Diploma
State	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
1	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Sikkim	1758	2270	4028	18	11	29	9	73	82
All India	1812371	1225583	3037954	55975	39500	95475	48619	53861	102480

Contd.

State	Certificate			Integrated			Grand Total
State	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
1	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Sikkim	0	0	0	0	0	0	2787	4085	6872
All India	12886	10700	23586	182	49	231	2546380	2026129	4572509

Source: All India Survey on Higher Education 2021-22

Number of Colleges and Enrolment in responding Colleges at various levels (Based on Actual Response), 2021-22:

State	Number of Colleges		Ph.D.			M.Phil.			Post Graduate
State	Total	Responding	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Sikkim	24	20	9	9	18				189	223	412
All India	45473	42825	12596	15181	27777	993	2001	2994	1037374	1499725	2537099

Contd.

State	Under Graduate			PG Diploma			Diploma
State	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
1	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
Sikkim	5906	7453	13359				88	31	119
All India	13505656	13287983	26793639	24179	25856	50035	392869	250153	643022

Contd.

State	Certificate			Integrated			Grand Total
State	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
1	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Sikkim	45	2	47	105	187	292	6342	7905	14247
All India	13507	15301	28808	138702	125950	264652	15125876	15222150	30348026

Source: All India Survey on Higher Education 2021-22

Number and Enrolment in different types of Standalone Institutions (Based on Actual Response), 2021-22:

State	Polytechnics						PGDM
	Number of Institutions		Enrolment			Per Institution Enrolment	Number of Institutions		Enrolment			Per Institution Enrolment
	Total	Response	Male	Female	Total	Per Institution Enrolment	Total	Response	Male	Female	Total	Per Institution Enrolment
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Sikkim	2	2	850	420	1270	635	-	-	-	-	-	-
All India	3865	3599	1135354	273192	1408546	364	327	242	37705	23659	61364	188

Contd.

State	Nursing						Teacher Training
	Number of Institutions		Enrolment			Per Institution Enrolment	Number of Institutions		Enrolment			Per Institution Enrolment
	Total	Response	Male	Female	Total	Per Institution Enrolment	Total	Response	Male	Female	Total	Per Institution Enrolment
1	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Sikkim	1	1	-	-	-	-	4	4	47	253	300	75
All India	3592	3317	75609	317838	393447	110	3301	2882	87339	145414	232753	71

Contd.

State	Institute under Ministries						Paramedical
	Number of Institutions		Enrolment			Per Institution Enrolment	Number of Institutions		Enrolment			Per Institution Enrolment
	Total	Response	Male	Female	Total	Per Institution Enrolment	Total	Response	Male	Female	Total	Per Institution Enrolment
1	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37
Sikkim	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All India	100	85	14497	6379	20876	209	758	409	19902	18984	38886	51

Contd.

State	Hotel Management and Catering						All Stand Alone Institutions
	Number of Institutions		Enrolment			Per Institution Enrolment	Number of Institutions		Enrolment			Per Institution Enrolment
	Total	Response	Male	Female	Total	Per Institution Enrolment	Total	Response	Male	Female	Total	Per Institution Enrolment
1	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49
Sikkim	1	1	56	22	78	78	8	8	953	695	1648	206
All India	59	42	11755	3117	14872	252	12002	10576	1382161	788583	2170744	181

Source: All India Survey on Higher Education 2021-22

Level-wise Enrolment in Standalone Institutions, 2021-22:

State	Ph.D.			M.Phil.			Post Graduate
State	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Sikkim	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
All India	179	142	321				12140	8740	20880

Contd.

State	Under Graduate			PG Diploma			Diploma
State	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
1	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Sikkim	56	22	78	-	-	-	897	673	1570
All India	47180	51545	98725	27241	16897	44138	1289066	705462	1994528

Contd.

State	Certificate			Integrated			Grand Total
State	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
1	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Sikkim	-	-	-	-	-	-	953	695	1648
All India	6069	5134	11203	286	663	949	1382161	788583	2170744

Source: All India Survey on Higher Education 2021-22

Estimated Enrolment in All Type of Institutions, 2021-22:

State	University and Its Constituent Units			Colleges
State	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Sikkim	8450	8297	16747	6871	8495	15366
All India	5520955	4117390	9638345	15673273	15785819	31459092

Contd.

State	Stand Alone Institutions			Grand Total
State	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
1	8	9	10	11	12	13
Sikkim	953	695	1648	16274	17487	33761
All India	1382161	788583	2170744	22576389	20691792	43268181

Source: All India Survey on Higher Education 2021-22

Estimated Enrolment for different Social Groups, 2021-22:

State	All Categories			Scheduled Caste
State	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Sikkim	16274	17487	33761	978	829	1807
All India	22576389	20691792	43268181	3451649	3171274	6622923

Contd.

State	Scheduled Tribe			Other Backward Class
State	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
1	8	9	10	11	12	13
Sikkim	4360	5988	10348	3930	4782	8712
All India	1364524	1346154	2710678	8517847	7818613	16336460

Source: All India Survey on Higher Education 2021-22

Estimated Enrolment in PWD and Minority Communities, 2021-22:

State	Persons with Disability			Muslim
State	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Sikkim	17	3	20	111	51	162
All India	51373	37375	88748	1068766	1039267	2108033

Contd.

State	Other Minority Communities			EWS
State	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
1	8	9	10	11	12	13
Sikkim	889	1368	2257	140	139	279
All India	427425	477734	905159	354534	302027	656561

Source: All India Survey on Higher Education 2021-22

Level-wise Foreign Students (Based on Actual Response), 2021-22:

State	Ph.D.			M.Phil.			Post Graduate
State	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Sikkim	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	5
All India	1597	433	2030	5	15	20	4972	2444	7416

Contd.

State	Under Graduate			PG Diploma			Diploma
State	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
1	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Sikkim	62	63	125	-	-	-	1	-	1
All India	23204	11882	35086	52	35	87	707	635	1342

Contd.

State	Certificate			Integrated			Grand Total
State	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
1	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Sikkim	4	-	4	-	2	2	69	68	137
All India	31	15	46	440	411	851	31008	15870	46878

Source: All India Survey on Higher Education 2021-22

Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Higher Education (18-23 Years) Based on 2011 Population, 2021-22:

State	All Categories			Scheduled Caste			Scheduled Tribe
State	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
Sikkim	35.1	42.5	38.6	46.6	39.1	42.8	29.6	42.1	35.8
All India	28.3	28.5	28.4	25.8	26.0	25.9	21.4	20.9	21.2

Source: All India Survey on Higher Education 2021-22

Gender Parity Index (GPI) in Higher Education (18-23 Years), 2021-22:

State	All Categories	Scheduled Caste	Scheduled Tribe
Sikkim	1.21	0.84	1.42
All India	1.01	1.01	0.98

Source: All India Survey on Higher Education 2021-22

Number of Teachers among various Social Groups (Based on Actual Response), 2021-22:

State	All Categories			Scheduled Caste
State	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Sikkim	891	618	1509	54	15	69
All India	903523	694165	1597688	92225	56410	148635

Contd.

State	Scheduled Tribe			Other Backward Class
State	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
1	8	9	10	11	12	13
Sikkim	185	229	414	158	145	303
All India	23394	18213	41607	297601	218499	516100

Source: All India Survey on Higher Education 2021-22

Number of Teachers among Minority & PWD (Based on Actual Response), 2021-22:

State	Persons with Disability			Muslim			Other Minority Communities
State	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
Sikkim	5	2	7	18	4	22	185	242	427
All India	6721	3608	10329	55670	34100	89770	54123	86082	140205

Source: All India Survey on Higher Education 2021-22

Post-wise Number of Male & Female Teachers (Based on Actual Response), 2021-22:

State	Professor & Equivalent			Reader & Associate Professor
State	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Sikkim	77	28	105	117	54	171
All India	106703	44704	151407	99893	60840	160733

Contd.

State	Lecturer/ Assistant Professor			Demonstrator/ Tutor
State	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
1	8	9	10	11	12	13
Sikkim	665	480	1145	25	46	71
All India	610368	476158	1086526	32142	63611	95753

Contd.

State	Temporary Teacher etc.			Visiting Teacher			Grand Total
State	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
1	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Sikkim	7	9	16		1	1	891	618	1509
All India	47274	43091	90365	7143	5761	12904	903523	694165	1597688

Source: All India Survey on Higher Education 2021-22

Post-wise Number of Male & Female Non-Teaching Staff (Based on Actual Response), 2021-22:

State	Group-A			Group-B			Group-C
State	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Sikkim	130	61	191	57	51	108	222	268	490
All India	82210	79753	161963	110102	109000	219102	286627	203413	490040

Contd.

State	Group-D			Grand Total
State	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
1	10	11	12	13	14	15
Sikkim	249	162	411	658	542	1200
All India	201586	135755	337341	680525	527921	1208446

Source: All India Survey on Higher Education 2021-22

Number of Non-Teaching Staff among various social groups (Based on Actual response), 2021-22:

State	All Categories			Scheduled Caste
State	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Sikkim	658	542	1200	45	32	77
All India	680525	527921	1208446	95431	86445	181876

Contd.

State	Scheduled Tribe			Other Backward Class
State	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
1	8	9	10	11	12	13
Sikkim	127	151	278	178	127	305
All India	30162	26407	56569	193474	151694	345168

Source: All India Survey on Higher Education 2021-22

Number of Non-Teaching staff among Minority Communities & PWD (Based on Actual response), 2021-22:

State	Persons with Disability			Muslim			Other Minority Communities			EWS
State	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
Sikkim	2	1	3	1	-	1	24	27	51	-	-	-
All India	3194	2082	5276	26772	15185	41957	15386	21451	36837	3299	2995	6294

Source: All India Survey on Higher Education 2021-22

Pupil Teacher Ratio (PTR) in Higher Education, 2021-22:

State	All Institutions		University & Colleges		University & its Constituent Units
State	Regular & Distance Mode	Regular Mode	Regular & Distance Mode	Regular Mode	Regular & Distance Mode	Regular Mode
Sikkim	22	17	23	18	23	13
All India	26	23	28	24	36	18

Source: All India Survey on Higher Education 2021-22

Number of Hostels, Intake and Student Residing (Based on Actual Response), 2021-22:

State	Boys Hostel			Girls Hostel			Others Hostel			Total Hostel
State	Number	Intake	Residing	Number	Intake	Residing	Number	Intake	Residing	Number	Intake	Residing
Sikkim	34	5184	3151	33	3537	2069	1	30	30	68	8751	5250
All India	22620	3640557	1917647	26851	4007542	2034911	1006	130214	73663	50477	7778313	4026221

Source: All India Survey on Higher Education 2021-22

Out-turn/Pass-Out at various levels (Based on Actual Response), 2021-22:

State	Ph.D.			M.Phil.			Post Graduate
State	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Sikkim	34	24	58	3	2	5	1810	1484	3294
All India	18464	14124	32588	1979	4008	5987	761799	1014039	1775838

Contd.

State	Under Graduate			PG Diploma			Diploma
State	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
1	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Sikkim	2698	2610	5308				115	142	257
All India	3816897	3937326	7754223	74381	73560	147941	553425	366728	920153

Contd.

State	Certificate			Integrated			Grand Total
State	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
1	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Sikkim	42		42	18	37	55	4720	4299	9019
All India	18323	16480	34803	35283	31757	67040	5280551	5458022	10738573

Source: All India Survey on Higher Education 2021-22