INDEX

• LANGUAGE SPOKEN
• MAJOR TRADE
• CUISINE (FOOD EATEN)
• TRIBES
• ECOTOURISM SPOTS
• LIVELIHOOD
• FESTIVALS OF SIKKIM
LANGUAGE SPOKEN

• THE MAJOR LANGUAGE SPOKEN IN SIKKIM IS ‘NEPALI’.

• NEPALI IS SPOKEN BY THE MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION AND IS
THE LINGUA FRANCA OF SIKKIM.
• FIRST THREE MAIN LANGUAGES OF THE SIKKIM STATE
ARE NEPALI, BHOTIA AND LEPCHA.
MAJOR TRADE
• AGRICULTURE-THE STATE’S ECONOMY IS LARGELY AGRARIAN, BASED ON FARMING
OF:-
• RICE
• SPICES
• TEA
• CARDAMOM

• MINING-THE STATE’S ENDOWED WITH RICH GEOLOGICAL RESOURCES OF:-

• COAL
• QUARTZ
• GRAPHITE
• LIMESTONE
CUISINE (FOOD EATEN)
• MAJOR DISHES OF SIKKIM
• MOMOS.
• TUKPA.
• KINEMA CURRY.
• KODO KO ROTI.
• SAEL ROTI.
• GUNDRUK AND SINKI.
• CHHURPI.
TRIBES
• MAJOR TRIBES OF SIKKIM
• NEPALIS (GORKHALI)
• LIMBU (SUBBA)
• CHHETRI
• GURUNG
• THAKURI
• NEWAR
• MAGAR (MANGER)
• TAMANG
• KIRAT RAI
• KAMI
• SARKI
ECOTOURISM SPOTS
• MAJOR TOURISM SPOTS.
• IT HAS 3RD HIGHEST PEAK, KANCHENJUNGA WITH THE HEIGHT OF 8586M.
• GURUDONGMAR LAKE
• GANGTOK
• YUKSOM
• TSOMGO LAKE
• NATHULA PASS
• PELLING
• LACHUNG
• RAVANGLA
• RUMTEK MONASTERY
• NAMCHI
• DO-DRUL CHORTEN
LIVELIHOOD
• AGRICULTURE IS THE MAIN SOURCE OF OCCUPATION OF THE STATE.
• MAJOR FOOD CROPS ARE MAIZE, RICE, WHEAT, POTATO ETC. CASH
CROPS ARE GINGER, CARDAMOM, ORANGE, TEA AND OFF-SEASON
VEGETABLES.
• ANIMAL HUSBANDRY IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THIS STATE.
• MORE THAN 64% OF THE POPULATION OF SIKKIM DEPENDS ON
AGRICULTURE FOR THEIR LIVELIHOOD.
• THE STATE HAS MUCH MORE POTENTIAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
TOURISM AND EFFORTS ARE ALSO BEING MADE IN THAT DIRECTION.
FESTIVALS OF SIKKIM
• TOP 5 SIKKIM FESTIVALS
• SAGA DAWA
• PANG LHABSOL
• LOSOONG OR THE SONAM LOSAR
• INTERNATIONAL FLOWER FESTIVAL
• LOSAR IS THE TIBETAN NEW YEAR
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