North District is one of district of Sikkim in India. There are 2 Taluks, 55 villages and 1 towns in North District district.
As per the Census India 2011, North District district has 8,873 households, population of 43,709 of which 24,730 are males and 18,979 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 4,677 which is 10.7% of total population.
The sex-ratio of North District district is around
767 compared to
890 which is average of Sikkim state. The literacy rate of North District district is 69.67% out of which 75.13% males are literate and 62.55% females are literate. The total area of North District is 4,226 sq.km with population density of 10 per sq.km.
Out of total population, 89.38% of population lives in Urban area and 10.62% lives in Rural area. There are 2.25% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 65.7% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in North District district.
North District Religion Population
| Description | Population | Percentage |
|---|
| Total | 43,709 | 100% |
| Buddhist | 23,318 | 53.35% |
| Hindu | 14,883 | 34.05% |
| Christian | 2,660 | 6.09% |
| Other religions and persuasions | 921 | 2.11% |
| Sikh | 816 | 1.87% |
| Muslim | 815 | 1.86% |
| Religion not stated | 261 | 0.6% |
| Jain | 35 | 0.08% |
North District Urban & Rural Population
Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area
| Description | Urban | Rural |
|---|
| Area(sq.km) | 2 | 4,224 |
| Number of households | 1,054 | 7,819 |
| Total Population | 4,644 | 39,065 |
| Population (%) | 52.89% | 42.98% |
| Male Population | 2,456 | 22,274 |
| Female Population | 2,188 | 16,791 |
| Sex Ratio | 891 | 754 |
| Literacy (%) | 73.26% | 69.24% |
List of Taluks in North District
Check out complete list of all Taluks of North District district, Sikkim
| Taluk | Population | Area (km2) | Pop. Density | Sex-ratio |
|---|
| Mangan | 33,671 | 941 | 36 | 892 |
| Chungthang | 10,038 | 3,285 | 3 | 448 |
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