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district is having the least population of 43,354 persons in the state. The
population of West district is 136,299 persons.

Trends of literacy and sex ratio in India and Sikkim between 1991 and
2011
Fig.1 showed the progress of literacy in India and Sikkim from 1991 to 2011.
As per census 2011, the literacy rate of India has 74.04% and it was also
observed that from 1991 to 2011 the literacy rate in Sikkim was higher than
the national literacy rate. The rate of increased in literacy in the state was
44.88% while the rate of increased in literacy in India was 41.18%.

Fig.1 Comparison literacy rate between India and Sikkim between 1991
and 2011

100
81.42
74.04
80 68.81
64.83
56.94
60 52.21
India
40
Sikkim
20
0
1991 2001 2011

Fig.2 showed the changing pattern of sex ratio in India and Sikkim. There was
an improvement in overall sex ratio in India between 1991 and 2011. The sex
ratio of India in 2011 was 940 females per 1000 males registering an
improvement of 7 points on the 2001 census of 933 females per 1000 males.
In Sikkim, it was 889 females per 1000 males which were lower than the
national sex ratio of 940 females per 1000 males.

Fig.2 Comparison sex ratio between India and Sikkim (1991 – 2011)

960 940
940 927 933
920
900 878 889 India
880 875 Sikkim
860
840
1991 2001 2011

Fig.3 and Fig 4 showed the changing pattern of literacy and sex ratio in the
four districts of Sikkim over the last three decades. East district had the highest
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