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VITAL STATISTICS OF SIKKIM AT A GLANCE
AS PER 2001 |
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| Sl 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 | |
