GANGTOK, 29 July: 4.55 lakh of Sikkim’s population of 6,07,688 resides in rural areas and 24.97 per cent in urban areas. This, as per the latest ‘Provisional Population Totals’ [paper 2, volume 2 of 2011] Rural-Urban Distribution of Population Sikkim [series 12] released today by the Directorate of Census Operations, Sikkim. The data is on the basis of enumerators abstract and is subject to change, it was clarified. Sikkim has eight statutory and one Census [urban] town with 1,51,726 people [24.97% of the total population].
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Sikkim’s population has grown a slim 12% over the last 10 years
MORE GIRLS BEING BORN IN SIKKIM THAN BOYS; UNDER 6-YEAR-OLDS MAKE UP 10% OF THE POPULATION
GANGTOK: The latest Census data should spread some cheer among those who see influx as a threat to Sikkim – the decadal population growth in Sikkim from 2001 to 201 has been a 12.36%, a substantial drop from the 33.07% population growth recorded in the previous decade 1991 to 2001. The nation’s population by comparison has grown by 13.12% over this decade [2001-2011].
Of course, this revelation also pulls the rug from under the feet of those who have been flagging “influx” as a threat, specially when one considers the fact that a sizeable chunk of this population growth over the past decade has been of newborns, with children under the age of 6 making up slightly over 10% of the total population.
The largest population explosion in Sikkim was recorded in the decade of 1971-81 when the population increased by 50.77%.
GANGTOK: The latest Census data should spread some cheer among those who see influx as a threat to Sikkim – the decadal population growth in Sikkim from 2001 to 201 has been a 12.36%, a substantial drop from the 33.07% population growth recorded in the previous decade 1991 to 2001. The nation’s population by comparison has grown by 13.12% over this decade [2001-2011].
Of course, this revelation also pulls the rug from under the feet of those who have been flagging “influx” as a threat, specially when one considers the fact that a sizeable chunk of this population growth over the past decade has been of newborns, with children under the age of 6 making up slightly over 10% of the total population.
The largest population explosion in Sikkim was recorded in the decade of 1971-81 when the population increased by 50.77%.
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