Upper Tadong | |
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Census town | |
  Upper Tadong Location in Sikkim, India Show map of Sikkim Upper Tadong Upper Tadong (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:27°19′00″N88°36′00″E / 27.3167°N 88.6000°E /27.3167; 88.6000 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Sikkim |
| District | Gangtok |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 14,670 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Nepali,Bhutia,Lepcha,Limbu,Newari,Rai,Gurung, Mangar,Sherpa,Tamang andSunwar |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | SK |
Upper Tadong is acensus town inGangtok District in theIndianstate ofSikkim. It falls underGangtok Municipal Corporation.
| Climate data for Tadong (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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| 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 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%)(at 17:30IST) | 65 | 64 | 63 | 68 | 74 | 79 | 83 | 82 | 81 | 74 | 71 | 69 | 73 |
| Source:India Meteorological Department[1] | |||||||||||||
At the2001 census of India,[2] Upper Tadong had a population of 14,670. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Upper Tadong has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 71%. In Upper Tadong, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.
