North Sikkim

North Sikkim District
State	Sikkim
Administrative headquarters :	manganese
Area :	4226 km²
Residents :	43,709 (2011)
Population density :	10 people / km²

Yumthang Valley Nature Reserve

The North Sikkim District ( North English for "North") is a district in the Indian state of Sikkim . The district administration is based in Mangan .

geography

The North Sikkim District extends over the northern half of the state of Sikkim. The area is 4226 km². The district borders Nepal to the west and the Tibet Autonomous Region ( PR China ) to the north and east . The area includes the high Himalayas with the eight-thousander Kangchenjunga in the far west on the Nepalese border. The watershed between Yarlung Tsangpo and the lower reaches of the Brahmaputra runs along the northern border . North Sikkim lies entirely in the catchment area of the Tista , a tributary of the Brahmaputra.

In the western part of the district is the Kangchenjunga National Park , in the northeast the Yumthang Valley nature reserve .

population

According to the 2011 census, the North Sikkim district has 43,709 inhabitants. With 10 inhabitants per square kilometer, the district is only sparsely populated. The district is predominantly rural. Of the 43,709 residents, 39,065 people (89.38%) live in rural areas and 4,644 people in urban communities.

The North Sikkim district is one of the areas of India that are predominantly populated by members of the “tribal population” ( scheduled tribes ). Among them were (2011) 28,715 people (65.70 percent of the district population). The Dalit ( scheduled castes ) numbered only 982 people in 2011 (2.25 percent of the district's population).

Population development

As everywhere in India, the population in the North Sikkim district has been growing rapidly for decades. In the years 2001–2011, however, the increase was only 6.5 percent (6.53%). In these ten years the population increased by around 2,700 people. The following table illustrates the development:

Significant places

With the district capital Mangan (4644 inhabitants) there is only one place in the district that is considered a city (notified town).

District population by gender

As is common in India, the district always had more male than female residents. Even by Indian standards, the surplus of men was well above average. Among the youngest residents (under 7 years of age) the proportions are 51.85% male to 48.15% female.

Distribution of the population by gender in North Sikkim district
	1961 census		1971 census		1981 census		1991 census		2001 census		2011 census
	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of	number	proportion of
TOTAL	9,759	100%	13,014	100%	26,455	100%	31,240	100%	41,030	100%	43,709	100%
Men	5,168	52.96%	7,022	53.96%	14,784	55.88%	17,090	54.39%	23,414	57.07%	24,730	56.58%
Women	4,591	47.04%	5,992	46.04%	11,671	44.12%	14,150	45.61%	17,616	42.93%	18,979	43.42%

District population by language

The population of the North Sikkim district is linguistically mixed. However, almost 70 percent of the population belong to the three strongest language groups, Lepcha, Nepali and Bhotia. In the Chungthang sub-division, 2,603 ​​people (25.93 percent of residents) speak Bhotia, 1,988 people (19.80 percent of residents) speak Nepali, 1,718 people (17.11 percent of residents) speak Hindi and 1,189 people (11.84 percent) speak Hindi Percent of residents) Lepcha. In the Manganese sub-division, 12,671 people (37.63 percent of residents) speak Lepcha, 8,159 people (24.23 percent of residents) speak Nepali, 3,695 people (8.17 percent of residents) speak Bhotia, 2,751 people (8.17 percent) of residents) Limbu, 1,256 people (3.73 percent of residents) Sherpa and 1,079 people (3.20 percent of residents) Hindi. All languages ​​spoken by more than 1000 people are shown in the following table:

year	Lepcha		Nepali		Bhotia		Hindi		Limbu		sherpa		Tamang		Total
	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%
2011	13,860	31.71	10.147	23.21	6,298	14.41	2,797	6.40	2,792	6.39	1,585	3.63	1,121	2.56	43,709	100.00%
Source: 2011 census result

Population of the district by confession

A small majority of the residents are Buddhists (Bhotia, majorities among the Lepcha and Tamang). Hindus (Hindi, majority among the Limbu and Nepali) and Christians (minorities among the Bhotia, Lepcha, Limbu and Tamang) are significant religious minorities. The smaller religious minorities include Sikhs and Muslims. The following table shows the exact religious composition of the population:

year	Buddhists		Christians		Hindus		Jainas		Muslims		Sikhs		Other		not specified		Total
	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%
2011	23,318	53.35	2,660	6.09	14,883	34.05	35	0.08	815	1.86	816	1.87	921	2.11	261	0.60	43,709	100.00%
Source: 2011 census result

education

Thanks to significant efforts, literacy has risen sharply in recent decades. In urban areas, five out of six people can read and write. In the country, more than 77 percent can read and write. The strong differences between the sexes and the urban / rural population are typical of Indian conditions.

Literacy in North Sikkim District
unit	2011 census
	number	proportion of
TOTAL	30,450	78.01%
Men	18,579	83.30%
Women	11,871	70.97%
TOTAL CITY	3,402	83.81%
City men	1,885	87.80%
City women	1,517	79.34%
TOTAL COUNTRY	27,048	77.34%
Country men	16,694	82.82%
Country women	10,354	69.89%
Source: 2011 census result

Administrative division

The district was split into two sub-divisions at the last 2011 census. Namely in Chungthang (9 villages) and Mangan (46 villages).

Population in the sub-divisions
	Chungthang		manganese
	number	proportion of	number	proportion of
TOTAL	10,038	100%	33,671	100%
Men	6,932	69.06%	17,798	52.86%
Women	3,103	30.94%	15,873	47.14%
city	0	0%	4,644	13.79%
country	10,038	100%	29,027	86.21%

Web links

Commons : North Sikkim District  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ statoids.com
2. ↑ North Sikkim District: Census 2011 data
3. ↑ A - 2 DECADAL VARIATION IN POPULATION SINCE 1901
4. ^ Result of the 2011 census on city population
5. ^ District Census Handbook for all of Sikkim

Coordinates: 27 ° 31 '  N , 88 ° 32'  E