VITAL STATISTICS OF SIKKIM AT A GLANCE

 AS PER 2001 CENSUS

S No. Item Unit Figures
 
1 Area  in sq kilometre 7096
2 Recorded forest land with tree cover Area in hectares 5765.1
3 Number of Districts 4
4 Number of Sub Divisions 9
5 Number of Towns 8
6 Population Persons 540493
7 Urban Population % of total population 11.1
8 Density of population per sq. km 76
9 Sex Ratio females per thousand males 875
10 Literacy Rate percentage 69.68
11 Total number of Govt. Educational Institutions 1545
12 Infant mortality rate percentage 52
13 Index of Social & Economic Infrastructure 108.99
14 Plan expenditure in social sector percentage 45.38
15 Access to safe drinking water percentage of house holds 73.19
16 Per capita consumption of electricity Kilo watt hour 182
17 Per capita income rupees 11,356
18 Main workers percentage of total population 39.31
19 Marginal workers percentage of total population 9.41
20 Non workers percentage of total population 51.28
21 Cultivators  percentage to total workers 49.91
22 Agricultural labourers percentage to total workers 6.43
23 Cultivated Area Area in hectares 109068
24 Total Roads Maintained by State PWD kilometres 1857.35
25 Number of Gram Panchayats Units 166
26 Number of Revenue blocks 453
27 Number of Assembly constituencies 32

 

SIKKIM VIS - A - VIS INDIA

(1971-2001)

ITEMS

SECTOR/ YEAR

UNIT

SIKKIM

INDIA

 

Population 2001*

Total

No.

540493

1025251059

 

Rural

No.

480488

740255371

 

Urban

No.

60005

284995688

 

 

 

 

 

No. of Towns

1971

No.

7

3126

 

1981

No.

8

4029

 

1991

No.

8

4689

 

2001*

No.

8

n.a.

 

 

 

 

 

Decennial

1971-81

Absolute

106542

135169445

Growth of Population

 

Percentage

50.77

24.66

 

1981-1991

Absolute

90072

160601764

 

 

Percentage

28.47

23.50

 

1991-2001*

Absolute

134036

178948371

 

 

Percentage

32.98

21.14

 

 

 

 

 

Urban Population as

1971

Percentage

9.37

19.91

Percentage to Total

1981

Percentage

16.15

23.34

Population

1991

Percentage

9.10

25.73

 

2001*

Percentage

11.10

27.80

 

 

 

 

 

Sex Ratio

1971

Females per

863

931

 

1981

1,000 Males

835

934

 

1991

 ,,

878

927

 

2001*

 ,,

875

933

 

 

 

 

 

Density of population

1971

per sq.km 

29

177

 

1981

per sq.km  

45

216

 

1991

per sq.km  

57

267

 

2001*

per sq.km  

76

324

 

 

 

 

 

Literacy Rate

1971

Percentage

17.74

34.45

 

1981

Percentage

34.05

43.56

 

1991

Percentage

56.94

52.21

 

2001*

Percentage

69.68

65.38

 

 

 

 

 

Percentage of Main

1971

Percentage

53.18

33.06

Workers to Total

1981

Percentage

46.60

33.45

Population

1991

Percentage

40.45

34.19