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Weather
(18th November) |
Gangtok: Max
Temp 16.5 Min
Temp 8.9
Rainfall-
Nill |
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Location - Approx 27 deg. North 88 deg. East |
Area
- 7,096 Sq.kms (0.22% of area of India) |
Capital -
Gangtok Climate - Tropical, Temperate and Alpine |
Mountains- Mt.
Khangchendzonga - 28156 ft. Mt. Kabru -24215
ft. |
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SOME
BASIC FACTS |
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Per-Capita GSDP Rs.23786
as against Rs.23492 of India (2003-04) |
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Literacy Rate 82% as
against 64.8 of All India (2001 Census) |
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Infant
Mortality Rate (per 000) 33 as against 60 of All India of 2003 |
| Teacher-Pupil
Ratio No 1:18 as against 1:34 of All India (2004-05) |
| Per
Capita Forest cover Hectares 0.61 as against 0.08 All
India (2003) |
| Plants
per Sq.Km No 0.7 as against 0.009 of All India (2005) |
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Green
Protection Index 0.903 (1st in India) as against 0.425 of
All.India (2005) More........ |
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RICH
BIODIVERSITY-FLORA & FAUNA |
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No of Species: |
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Flowering
Plants -:
Over 4000-: Orchids -:550 Conifers -:9 Ferns -:300 |
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Flower -: Nobile Orchid State Tree -: Rhododendron |
| Mammals-:144 Birds -:550 Butterflies -:650 |
| State
Animal :Red Panda State Bird :Blood Phesant |
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ACHIEVEMENTS
RECOGNITIONS & AWARDS |
| 3rd
State in the country to publish the Human Development Report |
| National
Award for best performing State in Tourism for 4 consecutive years (2000-2003) |
Best
performing smaller State in Education- India
Today (2004 & 2005) |
| Best
performing State in Investor Environment- India Today
(2005) |
| Third
Position in best performing State in Panchayatiraj |
| Skoch
challenger award for best use of Information Technology |
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