Upper Tadong
Census town in Sikkim, India
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Upper Tadong is a census town in Gangtok District in the Indian state of Sikkim. It falls under Gangtok Municipal Corporation.
Upper Tadong | |
|---|---|
Census town | |
  Upper Tadong Location in Sikkim, India  Upper Tadong Upper Tadong (India) | |
| Coordinates: 27.3167°N 88.6000°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Sikkim |
| District | Gangtok |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 14,670 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Nepali, Bhutia, Lepcha, Limbu, Newari, Rai, Gurung, Mangar, Sherpa, Tamang and Sunwar |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | SK |
Climate
| Climate data for Tadong (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 23.0 (73.4) |
26.2 (79.2) |
29.1 (84.4) |
34.5 (94.1) |
32.1 (89.8) |
32.0 (89.6) |
32.6 (90.7) |
33.0 (91.4) |
33.1 (91.6) |
32.8 (91.0) |
28.0 (82.4) |
24.0 (75.2) |
34.5 (94.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 16.3 (61.3) |
18.7 (65.7) |
22.5 (72.5) |
25.1 (77.2) |
26.2 (79.2) |
27.1 (80.8) |
26.8 (80.2) |
27.3 (81.1) |
26.6 (79.9) |
25.3 (77.5) |
21.7 (71.1) |
18.0 (64.4) |
23.5 (74.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 7.0 (44.6) |
9.0 (48.2) |
11.9 (53.4) |
14.3 (57.7) |
16.9 (62.4) |
19.4 (66.9) |
20.0 (68.0) |
19.9 (67.8) |
19.0 (66.2) |
15.5 (59.9) |
11.4 (52.5) |
8.4 (47.1) |
14.4 (57.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 0.6 (33.1) |
0.0 (32.0) |
4.8 (40.6) |
7.6 (45.7) |
8.6 (47.5) |
13.1 (55.6) |
16.2 (61.2) |
14.3 (57.7) |
12.7 (54.9) |
8.3 (46.9) |
0.8 (33.4) |
2.4 (36.3) |
0.0 (32.0) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 21.5 (0.85) |
47.6 (1.87) |
117.0 (4.61) |
302.6 (11.91) |
430.6 (16.95) |
559.7 (22.04) |
565.4 (22.26) |
493.9 (19.44) |
387.4 (15.25) |
151.7 (5.97) |
26.0 (1.02) |
13.1 (0.52) |
3,116.5 (122.70) |
| Average rainy days | 2.1 | 3.9 | 8.8 | 15.2 | 19.1 | 22.3 | 25.8 | 24.2 | 19.5 | 7.6 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 151.1 |
| Average relative humidity (%) (at 17:30 IST) | 65 | 64 | 63 | 68 | 74 | 79 | 83 | 82 | 81 | 74 | 71 | 69 | 73 |
| Source: India Meteorological Department[1] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
At the 2001 census of India,[2] Upper Tadong had a population of 14,670. Males constituted 54% of the population and females 46%. Upper Tadong had an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy was 80%, and female literacy was 71%. In Upper Tadong, 10% of the population was under 6 years of age.
