South District vs North District

South District Sikkim North District Sikkim

Population

1.5 lakh

43,709

Areakm²

750

4,226

Population densityper km²

196

Sex ratiofemales per 1000 males

915

767

Child sex ratio (0–6)girls per 1000 boys

953

929

Literacy rate%

81.42

78.01

Female literacy%

75.82

70.97

Urban population%

14.4

10.6

Scheduled Castes% of people

4.1

2.2

Scheduled Tribes% of people

28.2

65.7

Workers in farming% of workers

56.2

41.0

Household industry workers% of workers

1.3

1.4

Homes with electricity (2011)% of households

70.2

57.5

Homes cooking on LPG/PNG (2011)% of households

25.5

17.2

Homes with a latrine (2011)% of households

66.9

50.6

Census 2011. A highlighted cell is the better value where higher or lower is clearly better.