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
  2001* Percentage 39.31 30.54