Socio-Cultural Environment - Affected Citizens of Teesta (ACT)

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age group of 0-6 years constitute 14.45% of the total population. The scheduled tribes constitute 20.6% of the total population of Sikkim while the scheduled castes constitute only 5.0%. In other words, more than 74% of the total number of persons living in Sikkim belongs to general category, most of who are of Nepalese origin. Including the scheduled castes, the Nepalese make about 79% of the total population. 4.1.1.1 Major ethnic groups The major ethnic groups living in Sikkim are the Lepchas, the Bhutias, the Limbus and the Nepalese. Besides, there are plainsmen most of whom are temporary residents of the state. The Lepchas, the Bhutias, the Sherpas, and of late, the Limbus and the Tamangs, etc. are scheduled tribes while a few Nepalese service castes like Kami, Damai, Sarki, etc. are scheduled castes. The total number of scheduled tribes in the state is 1,11,405 and the corresponding figure for a scheduled caste is 27,165. 4.1.1.2 Sex ratio Compared to the sex ratio in India, Sikkim’s sex ratio is very low. In India the number of female per thousand male is 933, whereas in Sikkim it is only 875. It is worth noticing that the sex ratio in Sikkim at birth is quite high. The sex ratio of the children in the age group of 0 to 6 years is 963. The lower sex ratio among the adults is supposedly due to a large number of male migrants who prefer to keep their family 31 CISMHE
members at their place of origin. The sex ratios of the scheduled tribes and scheduled castes at 957 and 967 are much better than the overall sex ratio of the state. 4.1.1.3 Literacy The overall literacy rate in Sikkim is 50.6% while the rate of illiteracy is 30.8%. There is a visible disparity in the rates of literacy/illiteracy between male and female and between urban and rural areas. The literacy rate among the male is 55.4% while among the female it is only 45.0% (Fig. 4.3). There is also a wide gap in the rates of illiteracy between male and female. The illiteracy rate among the male is 25.5%, whereas, among the female the rate is 36.9%. The urban areas of Sikkim have registered 80% literacy while the same is only 46.7% in the rural areas. The total number of literates (7 years and above) in the state is 2,34,135 of whom 1,37,745 are male and 96,390 are female. The number of illiterates (7 years and above) in the state is 1,42,430 out of which 63,413 are male and 79,017 are female (Fig. 4.4). 4.1.1.4 Distribution of population in the districts The state of Sikkim has four districts, nine subdivisions, 8 towns and 450 revenue blocks (villages). The population shared by each of the four districts is shown in Fig. 4.5. The sex-wise distribution of population in the North, East, South and West districts of Sikkim is given in the Table 4.3. 32 CISMHE
Page 3 and 4: CARRYING CAPACITY STUDY OF TEESTA B
Page 5 and 6: Volume - I INTRODUCTORY VOLUME VOLU
Page 7 and 8: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS At the outset I tha
Page 9 and 10: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS CONTENTS Page No. C
Page 11 and 12: LIST OF TABLES Table 4.1 General De
Page 13: LIST OF PLATES Plate 1 Crop fields
Page 16 and 17: The present work is a study on soci
Page 18 and 19: • Religions, Tribes, Communities
Page 20: demographic as well as socio-econom
Page 23 and 24: 8 CISMHE The ethnic groups residing
Page 25 and 26: 10 CISMHE most of the Lepcha famili
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Page 29 and 30: 14 CISMHE ignorance and servility
Page 31 and 32: 16 CISMHE Pipon, one junior Pipon a
Page 33: 2.5 CONFLICTING INTERESTS 18 CISMHE
Page 36 and 37: Lepchas and Tsongs, Bhutias and a v
Page 38 and 39: Bahuns, Chhetris, Thakuris, almost
Page 40 and 41: About a century and a half back, th
Page 42 and 43: constantly intermarry with them”.
Page 44 and 45: In the South district, the majority
Page 46 and 47: SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE OF SIKKIM Th
Page 50: Table 4.3 Sex-wise distribution of
Page 53 and 54: only 52% of the cultivable area is
Page 55 and 56: pulses, 4,713.3 tonnes of finger mi
Page 57 and 58: espectively. Both the crops are sur
Page 59: Sheep and yak are usually reared in
Page 62 and 63: district. The copper mining town of
Page 64 and 65: professionals as well as unskilled
Page 66 and 67: of the state in the near future. Th
Page 68 and 69: esources. No doubt the state has ma
Page 70 and 71: 6. Energy 7. Housing 8. Markets 4.2
Page 72: state’s colleges (Table 4.10). It
Page 75 and 76: macadam, iii) earthen and iv) bridl
Page 77 and 78: These incentives are made available
Page 79: include hospitals, health centers,
Page 82 and 83: Gyalshing, Pelling, Rabdentse, etc.
Page 84 and 85: 4. Rongnichu Stage-II Topakhani E.
Page 86 and 87: materials. The people of Sikkim liv
Page 88: There are only 2 Class-I Bazars in
Page 91 and 92: inhabited the lower slopes of the E
Page 93 and 94: Sunwar, Bhujel, Thami and Thakuri.
Page 95 and 96: marriage ceremonies. Usually, villa
Page 97 and 98: communication. The Lepchas and the
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most Lepcha villages they have form
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4.3.5 Festivals and Environmental R
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Dasain: Most important of all the f
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the country, in Sikkim too, the peo
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Although Sikkim is home of diverse
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anthropologists that, “In the geo
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and environmental - were used. The
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it appears that the quality of life
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chief feeders of the Teesta. The av
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than half (49.2%) of the total numb
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joint flow of these two rivers come
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pollution-free atmosphere and natur
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Dikchu Bazar Dikchu Bazar, located
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area in general resent the hydroele
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total population is 825. Mamring is
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Donok Donok is located in the South
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complain much about the absence of
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The population of Nayabazar as per
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him, the quality of education in hi
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sighted man. He has arranged higher
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Although Jagur and her husband did
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started taking keen interest in the
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Delhi University and at present he
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The family also owns about 2 ha of
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they can get decent jobs. At presen
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guest house of the family is a larg
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The situation changed after the mer
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development is still not uncommon.
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OBSERVATIONS ON PROPOSED TEESTA STA
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problematic for them as it touches
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in any of the revenue blocks under
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They look up to the project for imp
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Government Reports BIBLIOGRAPHY Ano
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Thakur, R.N. (1988). Himalayan Lepc
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Plate 1. Crop fields at Thangu, Nor
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Plate 5. The village of Lachen Plat
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Plate 9. A respondent from Dzongu P
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9. Given the power to make major de
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Goat 1 Sheep 1 9. Ownership of good
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Good/Moderate/Poor 16. How do you r
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Sl. No DETAILS OF THE RESPONDENTS P
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77 Thang “ Mani kumar Sharma 48 M
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DISTRIBUTION (NO. AND PERCENT) OF R
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4.13 TEESTA RIVER BETWEEN TEESTA-RA
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VOLUME - III LAND ENVIRONMENT - SOI
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5.2 ULTIMATE AND CREATED IRRIGATION
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ANNEXURES 12.4 IRRIGATION 12.5 LAND
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2.6 ENDEMICS 2.7 THREATENED FLORA 2
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CHAPTER VOLUME - VIII BIOLOGICAL EN
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5.3 POULTRY DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES 5.4
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