Soreng district is a district in the Indian state 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 ...
, administered from
Soreng.
Soreng District was officially created from
Gyalshing District (then West Sikkim) in December 2021 by ''The Sikkim (re-Organization of District) Act, 2021'', hence becoming the sixth district of Sikkim. Its shares borders with Nepal on its west, Gyalshing district to north,
Namchi district to east and
Darjeeling district of
West Bengal
West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabi ...
to the south.
Demographics
At the time of the 2011 census, what is now Soreng District had a population of 64,760. Soreng District had a sex ratio of 959 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 77.68%. 1.91% of the population lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 2,544 (3.93%) and 25,970 (40.10%) respectively.
At the time of the
2011 Census of India, 65.11% of the population in the district spoke
Nepali, 14.13%
Limbu, 5.05%
Lepcha, 3.47% Sherpa, 3.39% Tamang, 2.62%
Bhotia, 1.97%
Rai and 1.45%
Hindi
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as their first language.
References
Districts of Sikkim
Soreng district
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