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Nayabazar

Coordinates: 27°08′46″N 88°16′44″E / 27.1462°N 88.2789°E / 27.1462; 88.2789
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Nayabazar
Bazar
Nayabazar is located in Sikkim
Nayabazar
Nayabazar
Location in Sikkim, India
Nayabazar is located in India
Nayabazar
Nayabazar
Nayabazar (India)
Coordinates: 27°08′46″N 88°16′44″E / 27.1462°N 88.2789°E / 27.1462; 88.2789
Country India
StateSikkim
DistrictWest
Population
 (2011)
 • Total1,235
Languages[1][2]
 • Official
 • Additional official
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationSK

Nayabazar is a in West Sikkim District of the Indian state of Sikkim. Covering an urban area of 0.12 kilometres (0.075 mi), it lies close to the confluence of Rangeet River and Rammam River some 109 kilometres (68 mi) by road from the state capital Gangtok and 25km from Darjeeling.

Demographics

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Nayabazar is a Notified Area city in district of West Sikkim, Sikkim. The Nayabazar Notified Area has population of 1,235 of which 656 are males while 579 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.

Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 136 which is 11.01 % of total population of Nayabazar (NA). In Nayabazar Notified Area, Female Sex Ratio is of 883 against state average of 890. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Nayabazar is around 1125 compared to Sikkim state average of 957. Literacy rate of Nayabazar city is 88.99 % higher than state average of 81.42 %. In Nayabazar, Male literacy is around 92.91 % while female literacy rate is 84.42 %.

Nayabazar Notified Area has total administration over 252 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads within Notified Area limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.

Religion

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Religious Demographic in NayaBazar Notified Area (2011)[3]

  Hinduism (80.24%)
  Buddhism (8.66%)
  Christianity (7.29%)
  Islam (3.81%)
  Others (0%)

Languages

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Languages spoken in NayaBazar Notified Area (2011)[4]

  Nepali (51.33%)
  Hindi (27.61%)
  Bhojpuri (12.38%)
  Urdu (3.40%)
  Sherpa (1.37%)
  Bengali (0.89%)
  Marwari (0.80%)
  Bhutia (0.64%)
  Tamang (0.64%)
  Ladakhi (0.32%)
  Limbu (0.24%)
  Lepcha (0.16%)
  Others (0.86%)

References

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  1. ^ "1977 Sikkim government gazette" (PDF). sikkim.gov.in. Governor of Sikkim. p. 188. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  2. ^ "50th Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). 16 July 2014. p. 109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  3. ^ [1] censusindia.gov.in
  4. ^ 2011 census data censusindia.gov.in