Jorethang
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Jorethang is a major town in Namchi district in the Indian state of Sikkim. Jorethang lies on the bank of Rangeet River, which is a tributary of the Teesta River, on the way to Pelling from Darjeeling, Siliguri and Kalimpong. Jorethang is and has been a major connecting route towards the western part of Sikkim where people from various districts of West Sikkim visit here for consumption of various goods and services.
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Place details
- Locality
- माईजोगमाई गाउँपालिका
- Region
- कोशी प्रदेश
- Country
- नेपाल
- Population
- 9,009
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Jorethang
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Nagar panchayat
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- Jorethang in 2006
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- Jorethang in 2006
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- India Sikkim#India3
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- left
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- Location in Sikkim, India
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Sikkim
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Namchi
- Settlement.government_type
- Nagar Panchayat
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 322
- Settlement.population_total
- 9009
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Population
- 9009
- Elevation
- 322
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Dialing code
- 3595
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- postal code
- 737126
- female population
- 4353
- male population
- 4656
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- Jorethang
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Demographics
- Religion
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- Education
- Maghe Sankranti Mela
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Jorethang is a major town in Namchi district in the Indian state of Sikkim. Jorethang lies on the bank of Rangeet River, which is a tributary of the Teesta River, on the way to Pelling from Darjeeling, Siliguri and Kalimpong. Jorethang is and has been a major connecting route towards the western part of Sikkim where people from various districts of West Sikkim visit here for consumption of various goods and services.
==Demographics== As of the 2011 Census of India, Jorethang had a population of 9,009. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Jorethang has an average literacy rate of 88.85%, higher than the state average of 81.42%: male literacy is 93.36%, and female literacy is 84.20%. In Jorethang, 10.63% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jorethang” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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