West Sikkim

West Sikkim District
State	Sikkim
Administrative headquarters :	Gyalshing
Area :	1166 km²
Residents :	136,299 (2011)
Population density :	117 inhabitants / km²

The village of Khecheolpalri

The West Sikkim District is a district in the Indian state of Sikkim . The seat of the district administration is Gyalshing (sometimes also called Geyzing).

geography

The West Sikkim District extends over the southwest of the state of Sikkim. The area is 1166 km². The district borders on Nepal to the west, North Sikkim to the north, South Sikkim to the east and the Darjeeling district (state of West Bengal ) to the south . The area includes the mountainous region south of the High Himalayas . In the north, the ridge between Kabru and Pandim forms the border with the neighboring district of North Sikkim. The Rangit river valley runs along the eastern border of the district.

In the north of the district is the Kangchenjunga National Park .

population

According to the 2011 census, the West Sikkim district has 136,435 inhabitants. With 117 inhabitants per square kilometer, the district is densely populated. The district is predominantly rural. Of the 136,435 residents, 131,187 people (96.15%) live in rural areas and 5,248 people in urban communities.

The West Sikkim district is one of the areas of India that are heavily populated by members of the "tribal population" ( scheduled tribes ). They included (2011) 57,817 people (42.38 percent of the district population). In 2011, the Dalit ( scheduled castes ) numbered 5,935 people (4.35 percent of the district's population).

Population development

As everywhere in India, the population in the West Sikkim district has been growing rapidly for decades. The increase between 2001 and 2011 was almost 11 percent (10.69%). In these ten years the population increased by over 13,000 people. The following table illustrates the development:

Significant places

There are no places with more than 10,000 inhabitants in the district. From a statistical point of view, however, the two settlements Gyalshing and Nayabazar are also considered towns (notified towns).

District population by gender

As is common in India, the district always had more male than female residents. But in recent years the surplus of men has been falling again. Among the youngest residents (under 7 years of age) the proportions are 50.91% male to 49.09% female.

Distribution of the population by gender in the West 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	58.023	100%	75.192	100%	98.161	100%	123.256	100%	136,435	100%
Men	29,961	51.64%	39,444	52.46%	51,246	52.21%	63,912	51.85%	70,238	51.48%
Women	28,062	48.36%	35,748	47.54%	46,915	47.79%	59,344	48.15%	66,197	48.52%

District population by language

The West Sikkim District's population is linguistically mixed. A slim majority speaks Nepali. Over 76 percent of the population belong to the two strongest language groups, Nepali and Limbu. In the Gyalshing sub-division, 37,162 people (51.85 percent of residents) speak Nepali, 15,859 people (22.13 percent of residents) speak Limbu, 6,218 people (8.68 percent of residents) speak Lepcha, 5,056 people (7.05 percent) of residents) Bhotia, 1,926 people (2.69 percent of residents) Sherpa, 1,107 people (1.54 percent of residents) Rai and 1,063 people (1.48 percent of residents) Hindi. In the Soreng sub-division, 42,160 people (65.10 percent of residents) speak Nepali, 9,027 people (13.94 percent of residents) speak Limbu, 2,246 people (3.00 percent of residents) Sherpa, 2,193 people (2.93 percent) of residents) Tamang, 1,695 people (2.27 percent of residents) Bhotia and 1,156 people (1.55 percent of residents) Rai. The most common languages are shown in the following table:

year	Nepali		Limbu		Lepcha		Bhotia		sherpa		Tamang		Rai		Hindi		Bhojpuri		Total
year	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%	number	%
2011	79,322	58.14	24,886	18.24	9,490	6.96	6,751	4.95	4.172	3.06	2,782	2.03	2.263	1.66	2,001	1.47	992	0.73	136,435	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), Christians (minorities among the Bhotia, Lepcha, Limbu and Tamang) and followers of traditional religions (predominantly Limbu; followers of the Yumasam religion) are significant religious minorities. The Muslims are a smaller religious minority. 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	36,390	26.67	13.002	9.53	75.286	55.18	20th	0.01	965	0.71	40	0.03	10,477	7.68	255	0.19	136,435	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 countryside, more than three out of four people can read and write. The strong differences between the sexes and the urban / rural population are typical of Indian conditions.

Literacy in the West Sikkim district
unit	2011 census
unit	number	proportion of
TOTAL	93,432	77.39%
Men	51,988	83.53%
Women	41,444	70.86%
TOTAL CITY	4,207	89.34%
City men	2,277	93.47%
City women	1,930	84.91%
TOTAL COUNTRY	89,225	76.90%
Country men	49,711	83.12%
Country women	39,514	70.29%
Source: 2011 census result

Administrative division

The district was split into two sub-divisions at the last 2011 census. Namely in Gyalshing and Soreng .

Population in the sub-divisions
	Gyalshing		Soreng
	number	proportion of	number	proportion of
TOTAL	71,675	100%	64,760	100%
Men	37,177	51.87%	33,061	51.05%
Women	34,498	48.13%	31,699	48.95%
city	4.013	5.60%	1,235	1.91%
country	67,662	94.40%	63,525	98.09%

Web links

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

Individual evidence

27.283333333333 88.25Coordinates: 27 ° 17 ' N , 88 ° 15' E

[stat-1] statoids.com

[2] West 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