"Training Programme in Geography for the KRPs of the State of Sikkim, from 5th to 9th December 2016, conducted at NERIE, Umiam.

1. Geography: Placing it Space & Place
Uttam Lal
D e p a r t m e n t o f G e o g r a p h y
S i k k i m U n i v e r s i t y
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NCERT, Shillong/5/12/2016

2. Geography: Science of Flow
• Everchanging Tapestry of landscapes & Movements
• Place- Movement of People, Goods & Ideas
• Interdependencies between Places
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3. District/State No. of
Households
Population Sex
Ratio
Literacy Rate
Total Male Female
North District 8873 43709 767 78.01 83.30 70.97
West District 28023 136435 942 77.39 83.53 70.86
South District 30543 146850 915 81.42 86.52 75.82
East District 61567 283583 873 83.85 88.47 78.50
SIKKIM 129006 610577 890 81.42 86.55 75.61
Source: Census of India, 2011
Population characteristics of the districts
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4. District/State Bhutia Lepcha Limboo Tamang Total
Scheduled
Tribe
Population
North
District
7,971
(27.76)
13,748
(47.88)
4,543
(15.82)
2,118
(7.38)
28,715
West District 13,779
(23.83)
9,775
(16.91)
27,622
(47.77)
6,072
(10.50)
57,817
South district 13,805
(33.35)
6,959
(16.81)
9,625
(23.25)
10,230
(24.71)
41,392
East District 34,043
(43.40)
12,427
(15.84)
11,913
(15.19)
19,276
(24.58)
78,436
SIKKIM 69,598
(33.73)
42,909
(20.79)
53,703
(26.02)
37,696
(18.27)
2,06,360
Population Distribution of Individual Tribes, 2011
Source: Census of India, 2011
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5. Working status of population
• Main Workers constitute 37.73 percent of the
total population
• In rural areas, work participation rate (WPR)
among the females was 40.60 as against 57.69
among the males.
• In urban areas, WPR among the females was
21.67 against 55.51 among the males
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6. • Women supplied labour to BRO for
constructing roads
• Worked in the agricultural fields
• Worked as vendors to support and
supplement the family income
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7. 0.00
10.00
20.00
30.00
40.00
50.00
60.00
70.00
Percent Percentage Distribution of Main Workers in Sikkim
Male
Female
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8. Culti, 46.13
Ag Lab, 4.59
Plantation,Livestock,F
orestry,, 2.85
Mining &
Quarrying, 0.40
HHI, 1.73
Non HHI, 2.91
Electricity,
Gas and
Water Suppl,
2.77
Construction, 6.80
Wholesale and
Retail Trade, 3.62
Hotels and
Restaurants, 0.51
Transport, Storage
and
Communications,
3.47
J – Financial
Intermediation;
K – Real Estate,
Renting and
Business
Activities, 1.45
Public Admin.,
Defence,
Education;Health etc.,
22.77
Percentage of Rural Male main workers

9. Culti, 67.79
Ag Lab, 5.07
Plantation,Livestock,F
orestry,, 3.17
Mining &
Quarrying,
0.50
HHI, 1.10
Non
HHI,
0.96
Electricity, Gas and
Water Suppl, 0.93
Construction,
2.79
Wholesale and
Retail Trade, 2.48Hotels and
Restaurants, 0.49
J – Financial
Intermediation; K –
Real Estate, Renting
and Business
Activities, 1.18
Public Admin.,
Defence,
Education;Health etc.,
13.22
Percentage of Rural Female main workers
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10. 0.00
10.00
20.00
30.00
40.00
50.00
60.00
70.00
0.18
0.18
1.48
0.46
1.10
7.67
2.16
7.85
22.90
5.17
8.55
4.60
37.72
0.33
0.24
2.28
0.63
1.21
3.08
1.86
3.16
9.04
4.08
1.71
6.41
65.97
Percentage of Urban Main Workers
Male
Female
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11. Some concluding remarks
• The presence of women in the domain of paid
work is significantly lower than that of male.
Unexpectedly, it is more striking in urban
areas than in rural areas.
• In rural areas, about three-fourth of the
female main workers are concentrated in
primary sector where the economic returns
relatively much lower. The silver lining is that
about 15 percent of FMR are in tertiary sector

12. • In urban areas, the female work participation
rate is comparatively much lower. A very large
majority of female workers in urban areas is
concentrated in service sector.
• Both the horizontal and vertical mobility
among the women in the domain of work
appears to be limited.

13. THANK YOU

14. Climate :
• Sub-Tropical Humid (upto 1500 meters)
• Semi- Temperate (1500-2000 meters)
• Temperate (2000-3000 meters)
• Alpine Snow Forest (3000 to 4000 meters)
• Alpine Meadow (4000 to 6000 meters)
• Arctic (6000 & above)
 Rainfall ( Average annual)
Souuth -220cms
West- 250 cms
East-357cms
North-330cms