South District
Population
- Population
- 1.47 LIndia 121.09 Cr
- Urban %
- 14.44%India 31.14%
Literacy
- Literacy
- 81.42%India 72.98%
- Male Lit.
- 86.52%India 80.88%
- Female Lit.
- 75.82%India 64.63%
- Lit. Gap
- 10.70 ppIndia 16.25 pp
Society
- Sex Ratio
- 915 / 1000India 943 / 1000
- Child Sex Ratio
- 953 / 1000India 918 / 1000
- Under 7
- 10.72%India 13.59%
- SC %
- 4.12%India 16.63%
- ST %
- 28.19%India 8.63%
- Household
- 4.81India 4.85
Work
- Workers
- 50.90%India 39.80%
- Female Work
- 41.97%India 25.52%
- Main Workers
- 68.09%India 75.24%
- Non-Workers
- 49.10%India 60.20%
Population density, land area and decadal growth are not published in the Primary Census Abstract and so are unavailable at district level. See Methodology.
South District in context
With 1,46,850 people at the 2011 Census, South District was the 599th most populous of India's 640 districts and the 2nd most populous of Sikkim's 4. That is 24.1% of everyone living in Sikkim at the time.
Literacy stood at 81.42%, 8.4 points above the national 72.98% — level with the Sikkim average. That ranked it 138th of 640 districts nationally. The gap between male and female literacy was 10.7 points, 5.6 points below the national gap of 16.3.
The sex ratio was 915 women per 1,000 men (25 above the Sikkim figure of 890). Among children aged 0–6 the ratio was 953, 35 above the national 918.
South District contained 2 towns. The largest was Namchi (M Cl), with 12,190 people. That put 14.4% of the district in urban areas, 10.7 points below the Sikkim share of 25.1%.
Towns in South District
South District has 2 census towns. The largest are listed below.
| Town | Population | Literacy | Sex ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namchi (M Cl) | 12,190 | 88.10% | 977 / 1000 |
| Jorethang (NP) | 9,009 | 88.95% | 935 / 1000 |