SL.NO.

ITEM

YEAR

UNIT

NORTH

EAST

SOUTH

WEST

SIKKIM

1

 Population

1991

Persons

31240

178452

98604

98161

406457

2001

Persons

41023

244790

131506

123174

540493

2

Urban

1991

As % of Total

2.57

17.86

2.61

1.80

9.10

Population

2001

Population

3.04

21.65

3.00

1.48

11.10

3

Literacy Rates

1991

%

53.47

65.13

54.08

45.62

56.94

2001

%

6911

75.57

68.12

59.31

69.68

4

Decennial

1981-91

%

18.09

28.60

29.78

30.55

28.47

Growth

1991-2001

%

31.32

37.17

33.37

25.48

32.98

5

Density of

1991

Per. Sq.Km.

7

187

131

84

57

 Population

2001

10

257

175

106

76

6

Sex Ratio

1991

Females per

828

859

892

915

878

2001

Thousand Male

752

844

927

930

875

7

Scheduled  Castes

1991

As % of Total

3.56

6.99

5.64

5.02

5.93

2001

Population

n.a. 

n.a. 

n.a. 

n.a. 

n.a. 

8

Scheduled Tribes

1991

,,

55.38

21.09

16.91

19.66

22.36

2001

 ,,

n.a. 

n.a. 

n.a. 

n.a. 

n.a. 

9

Occupied

1991

Number

6.642

34.201

17898

17497

76239

Residential

2001

n.a. 

n.a. 

n.a. 

n.a. 

n.a. 

Houses

10

Main Workers

1991

As % of Total

42.90

37.14

41.80

44.32

40.45

2001

Population

42.83

37.77

43.55

36.67

39.31

11

Marginal

1991

,,

1.23

1.37

0.98

0.54

1.06

 Workers

2001

,,

14.78

9.94

9.49

6.46

9.41

12

Non- Workers

1991

,,

55.87

61.49

57.22

55.14

58.49

2001

,,

42.39

52.29

46.96

56.87

51.28

13

Towns

1991

Number

1

3

2

2

8

2001

,,