Singhik is a town in
Mangan district of the
Indian state
India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, for a total of 36 subnational entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into 800 districts and smaller administrative divisions by the respe ...
of
Sikkim
Sikkim ( ; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in northeastern India. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in the north and northeast, Bhutan in the east, Koshi Province of Nepal in the west, and West Bengal in the ...
, four kilometres from
Mangan town, the district headquarters.
Location
Singhik is about 70 km from the state capital,
Gangtok
Gangtok (, ) is the capital and the most populous city of the Indian state of Sikkim. The seat of East Sikkim district, eponymous district, Gangtok is in the eastern Himalayas, Himalayan range, at an elevation of . The city's population of 100 ...
, linked by a national highway passing the headquarters of
North Sikkim District
North Sikkim (now officially named as Mangan District) is a district of the Indian state of Sikkim. Its district headquarters is Mangan. It is the seventh least populous district in the country (out of 640).
Geography
Mangan is the largest o ...
, Mangan, which is 4 km from the village.
People
The people of Singhik represent three ethnic communities: the
Lepcha,
Nepali, and
Bhutia
The Bhutias (exonym; Nepali: भुटिया, "People from Tibet") or Drejongpas (endonym; , THL: dre-jong pa, "People of the Rice Valley") are a Tibetan ethnic group native to the Indian state of Sikkim who speak Drejongke, a Tibetic ...
. Lepcha comprise nearly 80% of the population.
Geography
Singhik is located at .
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References
Cities and towns in Mangan district
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