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Cities and towns in the state of Sikkim, India. Subcategories. This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total. ...
Soreng – 293 km 2 (113 sq mi) (smallest); Mangan – 4,226 km 2 (1,632 sq mi) (largest) Government There are 6 districts in Sikkim , an Indian state, each overseen by a Central Government appointee, the district collector , who is in charge of the administration of the civilian areas of the districts.
[136] [137] Sikkim was the fourth state with the biggest decline in the percentage of Hindus, behind only Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Assam. [138] Vajrayana Buddhism, which accounts for 27.3% of the population, is Sikkim's second-largest, yet most prominent religion. Prior to Sikkim's becoming a part of the Indian Union, Vajrayana Buddhism ...
Gangtok does not have its own police commissionerate like other major cities in India. Instead, it comes under the jurisdiction of the state police, which is headed by a Director General of Police, although an Inspector General of Police oversees the town. [35] Sikkim is known for its very low crime rate. [36]
The states of North Eastern Region are officially recognised under the North Eastern Council (NEC), [19] constituted in 1971 as the acting agency for the development of the north eastern states. Long after induction of NEC, Sikkim formed part of the North Eastern Region as the eighth state in 2002.
Sikkim – landlocked state of India, the last to give up its monarchy and fully integrate into India, in 1975. With 607,688 inhabitants as of the 2011 census, Sikkim is the least populous state in India and the second-smallest state after Goa in total area, covering approximately 7,096 km2 (2,740 sq mi).
Gangtok District [2] is an administrative district of the Indian state of Sikkim.It was renamed in 2021 as a result of administrative reorganisation of the state, which also saw three subdivisions of the East Sikkim district spawned off as a separate Pakyong district.
Pakyong district is a district in the Indian state of Sikkim, administered from Pakyong. [2] The district was formed in 2021 from three former subdivisions of the East Sikkim district, viz., Pakyong Subdivision, Rangpo Subdivision and Rongli Subdivision.