List of districts of Sikkim

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Districts of Sikkim
Districts of Sikkim
CategoryDistricts
LocationSikkim
Number6 districts
PopulationsMangan – 43,354 (lowest); Gangtok – 281,293 (highest)
AreasSoreng – 293 km2 (113 sq mi) (smallest); Mangan – 4,226 km2 (1,632 sq mi) (largest)
Government

There are 6 districts in

permits
are needed to visit them. There are a total of eight towns and nine subdivisions in Sikkim.

On December 21, 2021, the

South Sikkim will be Namchi district.[1]

Khangchendzonga National Park is located in Mangan district

The six districts are:

#
Code[2]
District[3]
Headquarters
Population
(2011)
Area
(km2)
Density
(/km2)[3]
Official Website
Map
1 ES Gangtok Gangtok 281,293 954 295 gangtokdistrict.nic.in
2 NS Mangan Mangan 43,354 4,226 10 mangan.nic.in
3 PS Pakyong Pakyong 74,583 404 180 pakyongdistrict.nic.in
4 SGS Soreng Soreng 64,760 293 221 soreng.nic.in
5 SS Namchi Namchi 146,742 750 196 namchi.nic.in
6 WS Gyalshing Gyalshing 136,299 1,166 117 gyalshing.nic.in
IN-SK Sikkim Gangtok 610,577 7,096 86 sikkim.nic.in
sikkim.gov.in

References

  1. ^ "Sikkim gets two new districts, rejigs others". Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  2. ^ "NIC Policy on format of e-mail Address: Appendix (2): Districts Abbreviations as per ISO 3166–2" (PDF). Ministry Of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India. 12 February 2018. pp. 5–10. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Indian Districts by Population, Growth Rate, Sex Ratio 2011 Census". 2011 census of India. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
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