Districts of Sikkim

Sikkim has 6 districts, home to 7.9 Lakh people across 7,120 km². Each district below opens its full profile — Census 2011 and NFHS-5 figures, and how it ranks against the rest of Sikkim and against India.

Districts
6
Population
7.9 Lakh
WorldPop 2020
#33 of 36 states
Area
7,120 km²
#30 of 36 states
Density
112
per km²
#32 of 36 states
How Sikkim's districts spread

Across Sikkim's districts: the middle value, where the state ranks among all states (1 = highest median), and which district is highest and lowest. Medians rather than totals, since most of these are rates that cannot be added up.

Demography
IndicatorMedian
Scheduled Caste Population20115,214.5
Scheduled Tribe Population201136,126
Workers201153,359
Education
IndicatorMedian
Literacy201176,531
Population & Density
IndicatorMedian
Population20111.1 Lakh
Population202067,645.5
Population Density2011/km²164
Population Density2020/km²144
Railway
IndicatorMedian
Distance to Nearest Railway Stationkm41.127
Railway Line Densitykm per 100 km²0
Railway Line Kilometreskm0
Railway Line Km per Million Peoplekm per million0
Railway Station Densityper 1,000 km²0
Railway Stations0
Railway Stations per Million Peopleper million0
Railway Under Constructionkm0
Roads
IndicatorMedian
Four-Lane-or-Wider Highway Lengthkm0
Highway Length With a Recorded Lane Countkm0
National Highway Densitykm per 100 km²9.988
National Highway Lengthkm104.756
National Highway Under Construction or Proposedkm0
All districts
DistrictPopulation 2020
Gangtok1.8 Lakh
Gyalshing63,666
Mangan58,955
Namchi4.0 Lakh
Pakyong19,808
Soreng71,625

6 of Sikkim's districts were created after the 2011 Census and have no census row of their own. Their literacy figure is their predecessor's; their census head counts are withheld rather than estimated, on their own pages and in the state totals above, which is why population here is WorldPop's 2020 measurement rather than a census sum. Methodology

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