South District is one of district of Sikkim in India. There are 2 Taluks, 148 villages and 2 towns in South District district.
As per the Census India 2011, South District district has 30,543 households, population of 146,850 of which 76,670 are males and 70,180 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 15,744 which is 10.72% of total population.
The sex-ratio of South District district is around
915 compared to
890 which is average of Sikkim state. The literacy rate of South District district is 72.69% out of which 77.42% males are literate and 67.52% females are literate. The total area of South District is 750 sq.km with population density of 196 per sq.km.
Out of total population, 85.56% of population lives in Urban area and 14.44% lives in Rural area. There are 4.12% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 28.19% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in South District district.
South District Religion Population
| Description | Population | Percentage |
|---|
| Total | 146,850 | 100% |
| Hindu | 84,583 | 57.6% |
| Buddhist | 35,053 | 23.87% |
| Christian | 21,462 | 14.61% |
| Other religions and persuasions | 3,176 | 2.16% |
| Muslim | 1,889 | 1.29% |
| Religion not stated | 491 | 0.33% |
| Sikh | 151 | 0.1% |
| Jain | 45 | 0.03% |
South 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) | 8 | 742 |
| Number of households | 4,840 | 25,703 |
| Total Population | 21,199 | 125,651 |
| Population (%) | 51.05% | 47.59% |
| Male Population | 10,822 | 65,848 |
| Female Population | 10,377 | 59,803 |
| Sex Ratio | 959 | 908 |
| Literacy (%) | 80.07% | 71.44% |
List of Taluks in South District
Check out complete list of all Taluks of South District district, Sikkim
| Taluk | Population | Area (km2) | Pop. Density | Sex-ratio |
|---|
| Namchi | 98,895 | 298 | 332 | 926 |
| Ravong | 47,955 | 452 | 106 | 893 |
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