GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT SIKKIM

AREA:       7096sq.km
POPULATION:   600000 appro.
LANGUAGE:    English,Nepali,Hindi,Bhutia,Lepcha and Limbu
DISTRICT:         4
TEMPERATURE:       summer-max.21'c,min.13'c
                                   winter-max.13'c,min.5'c
ANNUAL RAINFALL:    3894mm
NEAREST AIRPORT:    Bagdogra(120km from gangtok)
NEAREST RAILWAY STATION:    New Jalpaiguri station(113km from gangtok)
MAMELS:         150
BIRDS:           552
BUTTERFLIES:     690
STATE FLOWER:     Nobile Orchid(denrobium nobile)
STATE TREE:           Rhododendron
FERNS AND FERNS ALLIES:   362
FLOWERING PLANTS:     4500
RHODODENDRON:   39
MEDICINAL PLANTS:    424
PRIMULAS:         60
LAKES AND WETLAD:     227
ORCHID:       515
HERBAL GARDEN:  13
GLACIERS:   21
OAKS:   11
FORESTRY COVER:   46%(2003)
RIVERS AND STREAMS:  104
MOUNTAINS AND RIVERS:   28
TREE FERNS:   8
FISH:   48
CONIFERS:  16