Namchi

This article is about a city in Sikkim, India. For a town in Nepal, see Namche.

Namchi
City
Anticlockise from top:
Siddheshwar Dham in Namchi, Guru Rinpochem statue, Central park, Temi tea garden, Sai temple, Cherry resort in tea garden.
Namchi is located in Sikkim
Namchi
Namchi
Location of Namchi in Sikkim
Namchi is located in India
Namchi
Namchi
Namchi (India)
Coordinates: 27°10′N 88°21′E / 27.17°N 88.35°E / 27.17; 88.35
Country India
State Sikkim
DistrictNamchi
Government
 • TypeMunicipal Council
Elevation
1,315 m (4,314 ft)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total
12,194
Languages[1][2]
 • Official
 • Additional official
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
737 126
Telephone code03595
Vehicle registrationSK-05

Namchi is a city and the administrative headquarter of the Namchi district in the Indian state of Sikkim. The appellation Namchi means Sky (Nam) High (Chi) in Sikkimese.[3]

  1. ^ "1977 Sikkim government gazette" (PDF). sikkim.gov.in. Governor of Sikkim. p. 188. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  2. ^ "50th Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). 16 July 2014. p. 109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  3. ^ "South Skikkim". National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 12 August 2015.