South Sikkim

South Sikkim District
State	Sikkim
Administrative headquarters :	Namchi
Area :	750 km²
Residents :	146,850 (2011)
Population density :	196 inhabitants / km²

Central Park in Namchi

The district of South Sikkim is a district in the Indian state of Sikkim . The district administration is based in Namchi .

geography

The South Sikkim district extends over the central south of the state of Sikkim. The area is 750 km². The district borders on West Sikkim to the west, North Sikkim to the north, East Sikkim to the east and the Darjeeling district (state of West Bengal ) to the south . The area comprises the mountainous region south of the High Himalayas and is bordered by the river valleys of Rangit in the west and Tista in the east.

population

According to the 2011 census, the South Sikkim district has 146,850 inhabitants. With 196 inhabitants per square kilometer, the district is densely populated. The district is predominantly rural. Of the 146,850 residents, 125,651 people (85.56%) live in rural areas and 21,199 people in urban communities.

The district of South Sikkim is one of the areas of India that are heavily populated by members of the "tribal population" ( scheduled tribes ). They included (2011) 41,392 people (28.19 percent of the district's population). The Dalit ( scheduled castes ) numbered 6,053 people in 2011 (4.12 percent of the district's population).

Population development

As everywhere in India, the population in the South Sikkim district has been growing rapidly for decades. The increase in the years 2001–2011 was almost 12 percent (11.65%). In these ten years the population increased by over 15,000 people. The following table illustrates the development:

Significant places

With the district capital Namchi, there is only one place in the district with more than 10,000 inhabitants. Statistically, however, the Jorethang settlement is also considered a notified town.

District population by gender

As is common in India, the district always had more male than female residents. Among the youngest residents (under 7 years of age) the proportions are 51.21% male to 48.79% female.

Distribution of the population by gender in the South Sikkim district
	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
TOTAL	53,185	100%	75,976	100%	98,604	100%	131,525	100%	146,850	100%
Men	27,862	52.05%	40,980	53.93%	52.105	52.84%	68.241	51.88%	76,670	52.21%
Women	25,323	47.95%	34,996	46.07%	46,499	47.16%	63.284	48.12%	70.180	47.79%

District population by language

The population of the South Sikkim district is linguistically mixed. However, a clear majority speaks Nepali. In the Namchi sub-division, 75,070 people (75.91 percent of residents) speak Nepali, 3,910 people (3.95 percent of residents) speak Hindi, 2,992 people (3.03 percent of residents) speak Tamang, 2,732 people (2.76 percent of residents) speak Tamang Percent of residents) Lepcha, 2,485 people (2.51 percent of residents) Sherpa, 1,967 people (1.99 percent of residents) Limbu, 1,817 people (1.84 percent of residents) Bhotia, 1,760 people (1.78 percent of Residents) Rai and 1,439 people (1.46 percent of residents) Bhojpuri (Hindi language). In the Ravong sub-division, 31,631 people (65.96 percent of residents) speak Nepali, 3,870 people (8.07 percent of residents) speak Bhotia, 2,834 people (5.91 percent of residents) speak Limbu, 2,565 people (5.35 percent) of residents) Lepcha, 2,199 people (4.59 percent of residents) Sherpa, 1,276 people (2.66 percent of residents) Tibetan and 863 people (1.80 percent of residents) Hindi. The most common languages are shown in the following table:

year	Nepali		Bhotia		Lepcha		Limbu		Hindi		sherpa		Tamang		Rai		Bhojpuri		Tibetan		Bengali		Total
year	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%
2011	106,701	72.66	5,687	3.87	5,297	3.61	4,801	3.27	4,773	3.25	4,684	3.19	3,610	2.46	2.157	1.47	1,857	1.26	1,292	0.88	1,177	0.80	146,850	100.00%
Source: 2011 census result

Population of the district by confession

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

year	Buddhists		Christians		Hindus		Jainas		Muslims		Sikhs		Other		not specified		Total
year	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%
2011	35,053	23.87	21,462	14.61	84,583	57.60	45	0.03	1,889	1.29	151	0.10	3.176	2.16	491	0.33	146,850	100.00%
Source: 2011 census result

education

Thanks to significant efforts, literacy has risen sharply in recent decades. In urban areas, almost 90 percent of the population can read and write. In the country, four out of five people can read and write. The strong differences between the sexes and the urban / rural population are typical of Indian conditions.

Literacy in the South Sikkim district
unit	2011 census
unit	number	proportion of
TOTAL	103,741	81.42%
Men	59,357	86.52%
Women	47,384	75.82%
TOTAL CITY	16,975	88.45%
City men	9,018	92.18%
City women	7,957	84.58%
TOTAL COUNTRY	89,766	80.21%
Country men	50,339	85.58%
Country women	39,427	74.26%
Source: 2011 census result

Administrative division

The district was divided into two sub-divisions, Namchi and Ravong , at the last census in 2011 .

Population in the sub-divisions
	Namchi		Ravong
	number	proportion of	number	proportion of
TOTAL	98,895	100%	47,955	100%
Men	51,339	51.91%	25,331	52.82%
Women	47,556	48.09%	22,624	47.18%
city	21.199	21.44%	0	0%
country	77,696	88.56%	47,955	100%

Web links

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

Individual evidence

27.166666666667 88.366666666667Coordinates: 27 ° 10 ' N , 88 ° 22' E

[stat-1] statoids.com

[2] South 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